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Tenth Circuit· 9/8/2003

United States v. Ramirez

Citations

  • 342 F.3d 1210
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 18547
  • 2003 WL 22073278

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  • “Where investigators have acted with reasonable diligence, courts have found acceptable the detention of mail for anywhere from twenty-nine hours to five days.”
  • “However, certain packages may be detained for investigative purposes when the authorities have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”
  • “However, certain packages may be detained for investigative purposes when the authorities have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”
  • ”We will not require investigators to cease an otherwise reasonable investigation solely because a dog fails to alert, particularly when we have refused to require that a dog sniff test be conducted at all.”

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Judges: Seymour, Kelly, Shadur

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