silver platter doctrine
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From 338 U.S. 74 - Lustig v. United States · 1949Most cited · 1,062 citing opinions
a search is a search by a federal official if he had a hand in it; it is not a search by a federal official if evidence secured by state authorities is turned over to the federal authorities on a silver platter. The decisive factor in determining the applicability of the Byars case is the actuality of a share by a federal official in the total enterprise of securing and selecting evidence by other than sanctioned means.