· 11/21/1945
Protests 96958-K of Latorraca Bros.
Citations
- 15 Cust. Ct. 327
How courts have described this case
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- handcuffing the defendant was reasonable because, in part, he had access to a firearm that was “capable of inflicting serious bodily injury”
- handcuffing the defendant was based on a reasonable belief of immediate threat where the defendant was armed with an easily accessible deadly weapon and another potentially deadly weapon was nearby
- officer safety concern increased when the armed defendant had immediate access to a weapon and another weapon “about ten feet away”
- the defendant’s stop was not converted into an arrest when police handcuffed the defendant due to reasonable officer safety concerns
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Judges: Keefe
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