Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Rivera-Flores v. United States

Rivera-Flores v. United States, 519 U.S. 1135 (1997)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-02-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • recognizing that the Fifth Circuit had provided trial courts with broader discretion in resolving juror misconduct involving intrinsic influences than extrinsic ones
  • cans situated on a narrow strip of land running between garage and a public alley
  • garbage containers seized from land between alley and defendant's garage where drugs were found held to establish probable cause to search defendant's house
  • Rule 608(b) provides for impeachment on cross-examination with acts other than convictions

Citator

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.