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U.S. v. SIMPKINS

No. 19-1948.

978 F.3d 1 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert SIMPKINS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah A. Churchill and Nichols & Churchill, P.A., Portland, ME, on brief for appellant.

Halsey B. Frank , United States Attorney, and Julia M. Lipez , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Torruella, Selya, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

When gauging the validity of a motor vehicle search under the so-called automobile exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment, see U.S. Const. amend. IV, probable cause furnishes the beacon by which courts must steer. In this appeal, defendant-appellant Robert Simpkins asseverates that...

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