UNITED STATES v. BALSER

No. 21-1813.

70 F.4th 613 (2023)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Michael BALSER, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaye L. Rancourt for appellant.

Anna Dronzek , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jane E. Young , United States Attorney, and Seth Aframe , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Lynch, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


This case poses the question of whether and when a police officer, admittedly lacking his own probable cause, may seize and search a car at the direction of another officer. Enter Michael Balser. Following a suspected drug buy, Balser was pulled over by Salem, New Hampshire police officer Stephen DiChiara while driving up...

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