Legal Opinion
United States v. Leslie Delynn Chambers
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2005No. 03-6298, 03-6406PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
In this drug case, the District Court suppressed evidence of a methamphet*565amine laboratory seized by police officers as a result of a warrantless search of a trailer home and garage on a remote country road in a farming area of West Tennessee. The officers did not seek judicial review and approval in advance as the Fourth Amendment requires except in extraordinary circumstances. The government appeals the suppression order primarily on the ground that the possible destruction of evidence justified the war-rantless search under the “exigent circumstances” exception…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Walter Richard, Lesburn Lloyd Da Costa, and Headley WeirCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by72 opinions
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- Robert Andrews v. Hickman County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
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