· 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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