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· 11/2/1993

Soares v. State of Connecticut

Citations

  • 8 F.3d 917
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 28622

How courts have described this case

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  • \[W]e reject defendants' invitation to adopt a per se rule that the use of handcuffs in effecting an arrest is always reasonable.\
  • “Neither the Supreme Court nor the Second Circuit has established that a person has the right not to be handcuffed in the course of a particular arrest, even if [she] does not resist or attempt to flee.”

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