Burnette v. United States
Burnette v. United States and Burnette v. United States
Burnette v. United States, 461 U.S. 936 (1983)
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 698 F. 2d 1038 .
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(holding that, “once an item in an individual’s possession has been lawfully seized and searched, subsequent searches of that item, so long as it remains in the legitimate uninterrupted possession of the police, maybe conducted without a warrant”)
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