Edward Towles v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• acknowledging that \[a] seizure does not occur simply because a law enforcement officer approaches a person on the street and asks him or her questions\ (quoting Jackson v. United States , 805 A.2d 979 , 984 (D.C. 2002)
• determining as a matter of law that a prior conviction for involuntary manslaughter supports the sentencing enhancement in § 22-4503 (b)(1) because it is a “crime of violence” within the meaning of § 23-1331 (4)
• many people voluntarily consent to searches by the police even though they know that the searches will reveal contraband
• one question in a “normal” tone posed to appellant whether he had a gun without other coercive conduct was not a seizure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).