California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guy, 107 Cal.App.3d 593, 165 Cal.Rptr. 463 (Cal. App. 1980):
3 Contrary to defendant's assertion, the facts of this case do not correspond to those in People v. Norman, 14 Cal.3d 929, 123 Cal.Rptr. 109, 538 P.2d 237, where a defendant's attempt to discard an object occurred only upon command to "drop it or die" and where the court held the subsequent search invalid. Defendant here was not ordered to fling the box aside.
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