BACHNER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• United States v. Khoury, 901 F.2d 948 (11th Cir. 1990)
  …n inventory search is not a surrogate for investigation, and the scope of an inventory search may not exceed that necessary to accomplish the ends of the inventory. United States v. Laing, 708 F. 2d 1568, 1570 (11th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 896, 104 S.Ct. 246, 78 L.Ed.2d 235 (1983); United States v. Prescott, 599 F. 2d 103, 105 (5th Cir.1979)5 (“Inventory searches must be limited to effec- [*959] tuation of the recognized purposes for which they are conducted and they may not be used as a…
• Hutton v. Hutton, 919 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1990)
  …ished exception to the Fourth Amendment requirement of a warrant.13 See South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 375-76, 96 S.Ct. 3092, 3100, 49 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1976); United States v. Laing, 708 F. 2d 1568, 1570 (11th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 896, 104 S.Ct. 246, 78 L.Ed.2d 235 (1983). We conclude that the arresting officers, called to the ranch by Kimberly Laws, had obvious factual evidence that a trespass by the Huttons had occurred and, bolstered by Sheriff Strickland’s instruction, were…
• United States v. O'Bryant, 775 F.2d 1528 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …of property lawfully in police custody as long as that search is consistent with the police caretaking function. Opperman, 428 U.S. at 375-76 & n. 10, 96 S.Ct. at 3100 & n. 10, United States v. Laing, 708 F. 2d 1568, 1570 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 896, 104 S.Ct. 246, 78 L.Ed.2d 235 (1983). Here, the circumstances clearly indicate that Officer Crespi opened the briefcase to determine its ownership, and not as “a pretext concealing an investigatory police motive.” Opperman, supra, 428 U.S. at 376,…