· 10/29/2009
Coghill v. United States
Citations
- 982 A.2d 802
- 2009 D.C. App. LEXIS 544
- 2009 WL 3459874
How courts have described this case
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- considering the fact that an officer was alone with the suspect in finding handcuffing the suspect reasonable as part of an investigatory stop
- upholding conviction for defendant who forcibly resisted officers as they handcuffed him but reversing conviction for defendant who fled from officers
- the defendant fled a traffic stop, abandoning his companions and their vehicle, after the police had cuffed the driver, who himself had tried to escape by driving the car away from the stop
- the defendant fled a traffic stop, abandoning his companions and their vehicle, after the police had cuffed the driver, who himself had tried to escape by driving the car away from the stop
- the defendant fled a traffic stop, abandoning his companions and their vehicle, after the police had cuffed the driver, who himself had tried to escape by driving the car away from the stop
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Judges: Washington, Glickman, Ferren
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