United States v. Phillip Lauter

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• concluding that a protective sweep was not impermissibly broad when it covered a back room that was adjacent to the room in which the defendant was arrested
• holding that informant’s tip that suspect was unemployed and liked to sleep late was sufficient to establish reasonable belief that suspect was in apartment
• recognizing that the “small size” of an apartment bears on the scope of a protective sweep
• holding that, under Buie, the second room in a two-room apartment imme- diately adjoined the first room in which the suspect was arrested
• holding that the defendant’s unemployment and tendency to sleep late 13 supported the reasonable belief that he was in an apartment when police executed 14 an arrest warrant
• concluding that a 17 protective sweep was not impermissibly broad when it covered a back room that was 18 adjacent to the room in which the defendant was arrested

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