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U.S. v. Washington, No. 97-2146 (11th Cir.) (151 F.3d 1354) (August 28, 1998) (Judge Paul H. Roney)

Case held that the circumstances of a bus search, conducted in cramped quarters, was consciously designed to take full advantage of a coercive environment, and violated the 4th Amendment's prohibitions against unreasonable searches.

In this case, two police officers, casually dressed and with their weapons concealed, boarded a bus at ...

 

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