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· 7/15/1970

United States v. Roosevelt Harrison

Citations

  • 432 F.2d 1328
  • 139 U.S. App. D.C. 266
  • 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 8161

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the police acted reasonably in grabbing a suspect by the throat to prevent him from swallowing an envelope which contained heroin capsules
  • denying a motion to suppress evidence of illegal narcotics obtained by grabbing the defendant’s throat to prevent the defendant from swallowing the narcotics because these tactics were a reasonable use of force
  • the officer grabbed the defendant by the throat and made him expel the evidence
  • the officer grabbed the defendant by the throat and made him expel the evidence

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Judges: McGowan, Tamm

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