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Ninth Circuit· 9/10/1984

United States v. Vidal Moreno

Citations

  • 742 F.2d 532
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 18776

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that escorting the defendant from a baggage claim area to a DEA office approximately 75 yards away was an arrest, and that his consent to the search of his bag in that office was tainted by the illegal seizure
  • describing how the defendant found himself “in a highly detentive environment — in a small room that had been specifically designated for police business”

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Judges: Wallace, Goodwin, Tang

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