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062862P.pdf 04/04/2007 United States v. Matthew Varner
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2862
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, and Bye and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. Police did not violate the Fourth
Amendment by following defendant when he voluntarily reentered his
house after being arrested on his front porch; once the officers were
in the house, defendant consented to their entry into the basement
living area; illegal items seen in plain view in the basement could
be seized without a warrant.