· 10/5/1973
United States v. Robert Orville Dunavan, United States of America v. James Edward Mitchell
Citations
- 485 F.2d 201
- 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 7634
How courts have described this case
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- upholding search when driver was foaming at the mouth and unable to talk and officer was seeking information explaining nature of the defendant's condition and the best means of treating it
- upholding search when driver was foaming at the mouth and unable to talk and officer was seeking information explaining nature of the defendant's condition and the best means of treating it
- arrest on vagrancy charge upheld on basis of probable cause to arrest for bank robbery
- 'validity of an arrest is to be judged by whether officers actually had probable cause for the arrest rather than by whether the officers gave the arrested person the right reason'
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Judges: Weick, Edwards, McAllister
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