Legal Opinion
United States v. Leland Earl Dart
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1984No. 84-5050PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Cireuit Judge:
Leland Earl Dart appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress the seizure of unregistered automatic weapons discovered during a search of a mini-warehouse facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. Because we believe that the search was constitutionally defective, we reverse the decision of the district court.
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In September of 1982, Dart signed a lease for the rental of storage Unit 69 at Colonial Self Storage in Greensboro, North Carolina. The unit was ten feet by twenty feet and was located, with other units, in a fenced area. A metal, garage-like door…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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