· 4/4/1994
State v. Melohn
Citations
- 516 N.W.2d 24
- 1994 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 94
- 1994 WL 138726
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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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