United States v. Roosevelt v. Foskey

How courts have described this case

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

• no reasonable expectation of privacy in paper bag found secreted behind gas flap during lawful search of car
• waiver is a determination that must be made in light of totality of circumstances
• “It is fundamental to American jurisprudence that a defendant must be tried for what he did, not for who he is.”
• brown paper bag fastened around the neck of a gas pipe in an automobile
• defendant’s bad act consisted of accompanying an individual carrying concealed narcotics
• “bad act” occurred over two years prior to offense charged

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).