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· 12/29/1986

United States v. Ronald Lee Paul

Citations

  • 808 F.2d 645
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 36565

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the doctrine of consent once removed “extends to the case where the initial, consensual entry is by a confidential informant”
  • noting that when one invites an undercover agent into his house, the agent can summon other agents to assist in the arrest
  • noting that when one invites an undercover agent into his house, the agent can summon other agents to assist in the arrest
  • noting that the officers entry into the suspects home was not “within the emergency exception to Payton
  • noting that when one invites an undercover agent into his house, the agent can summon other agents to assist in the arrest
  • noting that an owner's interest in the privacy of his home is fatally compromised when he \admits a confidential informant and proudly displays contraband to him\ and that \[i]t makes no difference that the owner does not know he is dealing with an informant\

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Judges: Posner, Coffey, Pell

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