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United States v. Carey  

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  • United States v. Carey, 172 F.3d 1268 (1999), is a decision by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that limited the plain view doctrine in cases involving the execution of search warrants to search computer files. In the course of arresting Patrick Carey for the sale and possession of cocaine, police observed drug paraphernalia in his possession. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; United States v. Carey (10th Cir. 1999)]

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  • 1999

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