Commonwealth v. Guillespie

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that “pill bottles were not ‘immediately apparent’ contraband”
• handcuffing suspect “was merely part and parcel of ensuring the safe detaining of individuals during the lawful Terry stop” and did not constitute an arrest
• act of handcuffing suspects during an investigatory detention “was merely part and parcel of ensuring the safe detaining of the individuals during the lawful Terry stop” and did not constitute an arrest
• use of handcuffs did not transform stop into custodial detention where other factors militated against the finding, such as the “minimal duration of detention, no transport against will, no show or threat or use of force”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).