Where the state challenged the grant of a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence from a warrantless search of the defendant’s vehicle in a drug-possession case, the facts did not justify a search of the vehicle for drugs, but the officer’s ...

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Where a defendant argued that a district court erred by admitting evidence seized after a warrantless protective sweep of his home, the police observed incriminating evidence during a lawful protective sweep following a home break-in, so the evidence was properly ...

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Where a defendant convicted of drug and firearm offenses challenged the warrantless entry of his home, an officer’s testimony that the defendant’s live-in girlfriend consented to the entry was more credible than her testimony that she did not, and the ...

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U.S. v. Ford (MLW No. 71620/Case No. 17-1225 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Tunheim, J.)

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U.S. v. Waters (MLW No. 71429/Case No. 17-1423 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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U.S. v. Alatorre (MLW No. 70784/Case No. 16-4184 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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U.S. v. Pile (MLW No. 69025/Case No. 15-1882 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Marshall, J. (Chris Tarver, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued for appellant) (Anne E. Gardner, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued for appellee).

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