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· 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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