Legal Opinion

United States v. Alphonso Nerber Eduardo Alvarez Alberto Betancourt Ramon Betancourt-Rodriguez

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 24, 2000No. 99-30161PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge JAMES R. BROWNING; Dissent by Judge GOULD.

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals an order of the district court suppressing evidence derived from video surveillance of a hotel room. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

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On December 24, 1998, defendants Ner-ber and Betancourt-Rodriguez went to La Quinta Inn in Seattle to conduct a narcotics transaction with confidential informants. The informants brought defendants to Room 303. The FBI and the King County Police had rented the room for the operation and installed a hidden video camera without first…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by59 opinions

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