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· 2/18/1981

State v. Belcourt

Citations

  • 425 A.2d 1224
  • 1981 R.I. LEXIS 1041

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding a finding of probable cause to arrest the defendant based on the crime victims’ detailed description of the defendant’s physical appearance and clothing, which information the police transmitted to the arresting officer via a police-radio dispatcher
  • “police may make a brief investigatory stop of a ‘suspicious individual in order to determine his identity or to maintain the status quo momentarily while obtaining more information * * * ’ ”

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Judges: Bevilacqua

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