State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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1. “The undisputed evidence is that the [hitchhiker] expressly invited the officer into the house and voluntarily gave him the marijuana. There is nothing in the evidence indicating any implication that coercion was exerted upon the [hitch hiker] or that overbearing pressures were responsible for his self-incriminating conduct. On the facts and circumstances established by the evidence, this case does not fall within the category of an unreasonable search and seizure. There is no evidence that the primary purpose of the agent was to make a search or that he in fact did make, or attempt to make, a search. The bare fact that the agent was working under an assumed name does not constitute fraud. We have found no affirmative fraud or misrepresentation in the record inducing the [hitchhiker] to invite the agent into his room and give him the marijuana.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Zaccaro