Nicholson v. United States

Nicholson v. United States, 501 U.S. 1211 (1991)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: June 10, 1991
Docket: No. 90-7998
Citations: 501 U.S. 1211115 L. Ed. 2d 985

Cited by 56 4 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 4 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding consent to search valid when defendant who was houseguest informed police where he had hidden drugs and firearms in friend’s home to prevent police from “tearing] the place apart” in searching for contraband)

United States v. Pena, 924 F. Supp. 1239 (D. Mass. 1996)
(noting authority that “once the Government establishes the existence of a prior conviction, the burden shifts to the offender to show that the conviction violated the Federal Constitution,” without deciding the question)

United States v. Patrone, 948 F.2d 813 (1st Cir. 1991)
(“we have repeatedly held, Fed.R.Crim.P. 30 means what it says.”)

United States v. Arias-Santana, 964 F.2d 1262 (1st Cir. 1992)
(three searches of curbside trash upheld)

State v. Sinapi, 596 S.E.2d 822 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)

Cited by 56 cases

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United States v. Wacker72 F.3d 1453 (10th Cir. 1995)
United States v. McFadden13 F.3d 463 (1st Cir. 1994)
United States v. William J. Moore958 F.2d 310 (10th Cir. 1992)
United States v. Lewis Theodore Wacker, United States of America v72 F.3d 1453 (10th Cir. 1996)
United States v. Pena924 F. Supp. 1239 (D. Mass. 1996)
United States v. Anthony Fiore983 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1992)

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State v. Sinapi596 S.E.2d 822 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)
United States v. Pickard278 F. Supp. 2d 1217 (D. Kan. 2003)
State v. Sampson765 A.2d 629 (Md. 2001)
United States v. Walters188 F.R.D. 591 (D. Kan. 1999)
United States v. Joseph R. Redmon138 F.3d 1109 (7th Cir. 1998)
United States v. William Joseph Kirk105 F.3d 997 (5th Cir. 1997)

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