United States v. Tony Lawrence Gust

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “a container must so clearly announce its contents, whether by its distinctive configuration, its transparency, or otherwise, that its contents are obvious to an observer” (emphasis added
• \[C]ourts should assess the nature of a container primarily with reference to general social norms rather than solely by the experience and expertise of law enforce- ment officers.\
• “We express no opinion whether Gust’s pre-search admissions to the police that the cases contained guns should be relevant to determining whether Gust retained any expectation of privacy in the gun case, as neither party raised this issue on appeal.”
• “We express no opinion whether Gust’s pre-search admissions to the police that the cases contained guns should be relevant to determining whether Gust retained any expectation of privacy in the gun case, as neither party raised this issue on appeal.”

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