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· 12/27/1989

United States v. Charles Thomas Walraven

Citations

  • 892 F.2d 972
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 19483
  • 1989 WL 154591

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that reasonable suspicion existed for investigatory stop in part because vehicle failed to stop promptly in response to police lights
  • pre- Hodari D. case holding that reasonable suspicion existed for investigatory stop in part because vehicle failed to stop promptly in response to police lights
  • suspicious actions, nervousness, and failure to promptly yield to flashing police lights
  • “In determining the reasonableness of an investigative detention, ‘common sense and ordinary human experience must govern over rigid criteria.’” (emphasis added) (quoting United States v. Sharpe, 470 U.S. 675, 685 (1985))
  • “Because they are in plain view, no privacy interest exists in license plates.”
  • “[B]ecause they are in plain view, no privacy interest exists in license plates.”

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Judges: Baldock, Conway, Ebel

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