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State v. Gilchrist

Citations

  • 299 N.W.2d 913
  • 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1477

How courts have described this case

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  • holding informant’s tip that suspect may have been involved in recent homicide and possessed firearms and officer knowledge of suspect’s criminal history of firearms-related offenses supported a Terry stop
  • determining that “[t]he police officer may have reasonably been concerned that, when defendant was allowed to reenter his car after the search, he would be able to reach under the seat, pull out a gun, and start shooting”
  • upholding protective search where defendant was suspected of homicide

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Judges: Wahl, Rogosheske, Kelly, Yetka

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