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Utah Supreme Court· 7/19/1996

State v. Chapman

Citations

  • 921 P.2d 446
  • 1996 WL 415634

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the officer's belief can originate either in the officer's contemporaneous observations or in the inherent nature of the underlying offense
  • holding that court could not address appellant's claims because he failed to raise them in trial court below
  • explaining that a suspect’s being armed on another occasion does not automatically justify a search for weapons
  • defendant properly detained for loitering can be held pending check for outstanding warrants so long as length of check does not significantly extend the period of detention
  • “By the officers’ own testimony, no independent facts surrounding the encounter with [the defendant] created suspicion that he was involved in any illegal activity....”
  • stating unduly long detention may cast doubt upon reasonableness

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Judges: Durham, Zimmerman, Stewart, Durham'S, Russon, Howe

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