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· 1/13/1978

United States v. Richard J. Picariello

Citations

  • 568 F.2d 222
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 13054

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The emergency conditions ... and the reasonable speed with which the agents acted substantiate a finding of exigent circumstances.”
  • warrantless entry and securing of home justified where police feared fugitive at large might return, retrieve dynamite and use in series of bombings.
  • magistrate may infer presence of evidence at home of suspect from type of crime committed, nature of evidence sought, and opportunity for concealment
  • magistrate may infer presence of evidence at home of suspect from type of crime committed, nature of evidence sought, and opportunity for concealment
  • evidence not considered essential until discovery that it had been destroyed

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Judges: Coffin, Bownes, Gordon

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