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· 1/31/2003

United States v. Berend Schaafsma, Jr.

Citations

  • 318 F.3d 718
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 1661
  • 2003 WL 202572

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that a statement implicating the defendant, his presence at a crime scene, and his flight is sufficient for probable cause
  • noting that accomplice’s statements during drug buy that he was purchasing the drugs for a “guy” in the parking lot supported probable cause for arrest of individual observed sitting in a car in the lot
  • noting that accomplice’s state- ments during drug buy that he was purchasing the drugs for a “guy” in the parking lot supported probable cause for arrest of individual observed sitting in a car in the lot
  • “The determination of whether probable cause exists in a given situation involves examining the totality of the circum‐ stances in a common sense manner.”
  • flight contributed to probable -4- cause

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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Evans

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