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"Contraband" was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or those who affiliated with Union forces. In August 1861, the Union Army and the US Congress determined that the US would no longer return people who escaped slavery who went to Union lines, but ...
Contraband (from Medieval French contrebande "smuggling") [1] is any item that, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold. It comprises goods that by their nature are considered too dangerous or offensive in the eyes of the legislator—termed contraband in se —and forbidden.
In the United States, the plain view doctrine is an exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement [1] that allows an officer to seize evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation.
Brown, 34, pleaded guilty Nov. 27 to misdemeanor conspiracy to deliver contraband into a place of confinement in the conspiracy involving Ashby. Brown was sentenced to 1 year in jail.
Apr. 15—ASHLAND — A husband and wife who pleaded guilty late last year for smuggling contraband into Ashland FCI were sentenced Monday to prison time. Chris Deangelo Reed, 32, and Brittany N ...
Oct. 13—A Crab Orchard area woman accused of bringing meth into the Cumberland County Jail last year pleaded guilty in Criminal Court and received a suspended sentence She is one of several ...
The area can encompass the entire vehicle, including the trunk. The motor vehicle exception, in addition to allowing officers to search the vehicle, allows officers to search any containers found inside the vehicle that could contain the evidence or contraband for which they are searching (United States v. Ross). The objects searched do not ...
Both were charged with two counts of promoting contraband, in addition to one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, which could result in an additional seven-year sentence. Shmurda appeared in the Bronx Supreme Court to face his charges of prison contraband plus 25 years for his previous charge in late 2014.