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United States v. Bennett

Citations

  • 514 A.2d 414
  • 1986 D.C. App. LEXIS 404

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  • holding that a one-way transfer of money, coupled with the defendant’s flight and telltale signs of a drug transaction, is sufficient to create an articulable suspicion
  • holding that a one-way transfer of money, coupled with the defendant’s flight and telltale signs of a drug transaction, is sufficient to create an articulable suspicion
  • officers observed one man accepting Lawson’s money from another and saw appellee stick his hand into his waistband
  • officers observed one man accepting Lawson's money from another and saw appellee stick his hand into his waistband
  • in addition to flight, police observed what appeared to be drug transaction
  • in addition to flight, police observed what appeared to be drug transaction

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Judges: MacK, Belson, Rogers

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