United States of America,plaintiff-Appellee v. Richard Nathaniel Mattarolo,order An

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• holding that, where an initial pat-down revealed a cylindrical object several inches long in a suspect’s pocket, “a precautionary squeeze is well within the scope of Terry”
• showing that 36 officers were “feloniously killed” while responding to domestic violence calls, as compared to only 11 officers responding to active burglary calls
• showing that 36 officers were “feloniously killed” while responding to domestic violence calls, as compared to only 11 officers responding to active burglary calls
• holding that a police officer who felt a cylindrical object several inches long in the defendant’s pocket” acted within the scope of a Terry search by “pressing it between his thumb and forefinger in order to make sure” it was not a pocket knife
• finding rea- sonable suspicion, in part because nighttime burglary is a crime frequently committed while armed
• considering “the time of night, the neighborhood, and the truck with the crate 14 leaving the construction site, to be sufficient to cause an experienced officer to 15 reasonably conclude that criminal activity might be in progress”

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