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· 7/21/1997

United States v. Seifullah Muhammad

Citations

  • 120 F.3d 688
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 18876

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that a defendant’s cryptic reference to “an attorney” did not constitute an unambiguous request for counsel
  • defendant is not entitled to an agent’s notes if the report contains all that was in the notes
  • suspect made “cryptic reference to ‘an attorney,’ ” declined opportunity to call one, and then executed waiver
  • “The . . . Blockburger test directs our analysis in this regard.”
  • “This ‘flexible, commonsense’ probable cause standard rests on whether a ‘man of reasonable caution’ would believe that the accused has committed a crime; it does not require that this ‘belief be correct or more likely true than false.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cummings, Ripple, Kanne

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