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· 4/27/2021

Monroe-Ricks v. United States Attorneys for District of Columbia and Csosa

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the first element of loitering and prowling requires proof that the officer observed “unusual conduct indicating incipient criminal activity”
  • “Rather, the defendant’s behavior must point toward an imminent breach of the peace or threat to public safety.”
  • “[A]ppel-lant’s act of walking from the bushes and turning around upon seeing the police did not come close to the commission or attempted commission of a crime.”

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Judges: Judge Timothy J. Kelly

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