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UNITED STATES v. DIXON

No. 19-10112.

984 F.3d 814 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard DIXON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 31, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Abel (argued), Juliana C. DeVries , and Elizabeth M. Falk , Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Steven G. Kalar , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Sloan Heffron (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Merry Jean Chan , Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; David L. Anderson , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Eugene E. Siler, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Howard Dixon appeals the district court's partial denial of his motion to suppress evidence resulting from a search of his vehicle. We must decide whether the insertion of a car key into a lock on the vehicle's door for the sole purpose of aiding the police in ascertaining its ownership or control is a ...

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