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U.S. v. MANCERA-LONDONO

Nos. 89-50383, 89-50417.

912 F.2d 373 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso MANCERA-LONDONO, aka Alfonso Mancera, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Rigo SANCHEZ-GONZALES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Wigodsky, Overland, Berke, Wesley, Gits, Randolph & Levanas, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant Mancera.

Robert N. Harris, Gonzalez & Harris, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant Sanchez-Gonzales.

Ellyn M. Lindsay, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ALARCON, BRUNETTI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We are asked to decide whether the "inevitable discovery" exception to the exclusionary rule may be invoked where the law enforcement agency, pursuant to its oral policy, requires inventory searches of rental cars before return to their owners.

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