· 7/20/1987
United States v. Rickie Lee Boatwright
Citations
- 822 F.2d 862
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 9618
- 56 U.S.L.W. 2104
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that there was insufficient evidence to show that the evidence would have been discovered by a lawful search
- holding that independent basis for discovery of unlawfully seized weapons was not established
- holding inevitable discovery doctrine inapplicable because there was no evidence “that point[ed] to the inevitable discovery of weapons in control of’ the defen dant
- holding inevitable discovery doctrine inapplicable because there was no evidence that point[ed] to the inevitable discovery of weapons in control of the defendant
- noting that a suspect once alerted to a search “would not have waited patiently beside his [contraband] for an agent to arrive with a warrant”
- “[Defendant] would not have waited patiently beside his weapons for an agent to arrive with a warrant.”
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Judges: Koelsch, Wallace, Kennedy
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