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· 5/1/1974

United States v. Thomas Frederick Johnston

Citations

  • 497 F.2d 397
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 8893

How courts have described this case

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

  • there is no \reasonable expectation of privacy from drug agents with inquisitive nostrils\
  • warrantless search of luggage justified when federal drug agent smelled strong odor of marijuana emanating from luggage because defendant had no “reasonable expect ation of privacy from drug agents with inquisitive nostrils”
  • Hernandez does not bar smelling of fumes which exuded from undisturbed luggage

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Judges: Duniway, Goodwin, Burns

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