Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Cox v. Wyrick

451 U.S. 1021

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1981-05-26
Topic
general

stating that no illegal activity occurred where the arrested person freely consented to a search of his office and attache case | no Fourth Amendment violation in undercover officers knocking on motel room door, pretending to seek assistance in fixing car trouble, seeing suspected contraband when door was opened, and obtaining warrant based on that observation | no Fourth Amendment violation in undercover officers knocking on motel room door, pretending to seek assistance in fixing car trouble, seeing suspected contraband when door was opened, and obtaining warrant based on that observation | agent pretended to have car trouble and wanted to borrow tools | collective knowledge of officers on the scene may be considered

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.