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Indian Boy X v. United States

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439 U.S. 841 · Supreme Court of the United States · Oct 2, 1978
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Indian Boy X v. United States
Ninth Circuit · Mar 25, 1997
Ninth Circuit · Mar 25, 1997
Seventh Circuit · Nov 4, 1993
N.D. Illinois · Aug 11, 1993
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holding that search of defendant’s garbage, located inside a low fence, by a trash collector at the FBI’s request did not violate the defendant’s reasonable expectation of privacy
finding no abuse of discretion in admitting under Rule 803(5) statement of witness to agent relating conversation that took place six months earlier
at direction of the FBI, garbage men collected and searched through trash placed in cans located behind Shelby’s garage and immediately inside a low fence adjoining public alley
"In our view the placing of trash in the garbage cans at the time and place for anticipated collection by public employees for hauling to a public dump signifies abandonment."
“In our view the placing of trash in the garbage cans at the time and place for anticipated collection by public employees for hauling to a public dump signifies abandonment.”
trash left outside a house for collection