The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Berenguer, 562 F.2d 206 (2nd Cir. 1977):
7 No claim is made here that the money was taken to the station house and inventoried for appellant's protection as in United States v. Lacey, 530 F.2d 821 (8th Cir. 1976). Such a claim would be inconsistent with the government's contention that it seized evidence whose incriminating nature was readily apparent.
8 The government attorney said:
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