No 11707’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions

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1. “"The facts and circumstances presented by the government and accepted by the district court showed that the arrangements for the sale and the handing over of the purchase money occurred in the automobile. The appellees have urged that this does not mean the automobile `facilitated' the sale within the meaning of the statute. The use of the automobile, they say, was incidental because the negotiations and the payment could easily have taken place on the sidewalk outside the car. The term `facilitate' is a term used in everyday transactions between people. There is no indication that Congress ascribed to this word any meaning other than its ordinary and accepted meaning. Webster defines facilitate as `to make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.' [7] ..... "The question then is whether there was a reasonable ground for belief that the use of the automobile made the sale less difficult and allowed it to remain more or less free from obstruction or hindrance. "Negotiations for an illegal sale of narcotics do not take place openly and publicly. It is always convenient that some degree of privacy attend all phases of the sale. The automobile certainly proved a convenient place for conversation and payment. Of course, the parties might have talked on the sidewalk. By the same token, they could have transacted their business in a million other places. But that does not mean that the automobile did not facilitate the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mosley v. State Ex Rel. Broward Cty. · Nos. 87-5449--87-5450

2. ““The term ‘facilitate’ is a term used in everyday transactions between people. There is no indication that Congress ascribed to this word any meaning other than its ordinary and accepted meaning. Webster defines facilitate as ‘to make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.’ “The question then is whether there was a reasonable ground for belief that the use of the automobile made the sale less difficult and allowed it to remain more or less free from obstruction or hindrance.””

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

3. ““(a) It shall be unlawful (1) to transport, carry, or convey any contraband article in, upon, or by means of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft; (2) to conceal or possess any contraband article in or upon any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, or upon the person of anyone in or upon any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft; or (3) to use any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to facilitate the transportation, carriage, conveyance, concealment, receipt, possession, purchase, sale, barter, exchange, or giving away of any contraband article.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 393 F. Supp. 344 - United States v. ONE 1971 CHEVROLET CORVETTE, ETC.