Qeliqi v. Gladden Props. LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that this standard is “considerably less” than a “preponderance of the evidence” or “probable cause” (quoting United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 7 -12- (1989))
• noting that a bulge is a substantial factor in justifying a protective search
• collecting cases explaining that “[w]hen determining whether the totality of the circumstances gave rise to reasonable suspicion justifying a protective Terry search,” courts “consider a law-enforcement officer’s observation of a bulge to be a substantial factor”
• facts that go to officer safety, such as when the stop took place, are part of the totality of the circumstances
• “[I]t is of no consequence ‘that the motivation for the search did not coincide with the legal justification’ for the search.”
• protective search must be “reasonably designed to discover concealed weapons”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).