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· 4/4/1994

State v. Melohn

Citations

  • 516 N.W.2d 24
  • 1994 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 94
  • 1994 WL 138726

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that it was reasonable for police to stop a vehicle speeding away from the vicinity of gunshots, even though the facts later showed the individual was not involved in the gunfire
  • holding it was reasonable for police to stop a vehicle speeding away from the vicinity of gunshots, even though the facts later showed the individual was not involved in the gunfire
  • holding it was reasonable for police to stop a vehicle speeding away from the vicinity of gunshots, even though the facts later showed the individual was not involved in the gunfire
  • holding it was reasonable for police to stop a vehicle speeding away from the vicinity of gunshots, even though the facts later showed the individual was not involved in the gunfire
  • “having heard shots, it was reasonable to conclude that the person or persons in the vehicle may have been armed and dangerous”
  • stop of vehicle speeding away from vicinity of gunshots upheld as reasonable under the circumstances even though facts later showed the individual was not involved in the gunfire

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Judges: McGiverin, Harris, Larson, Carter, Snell

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