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· 12/28/1982

United States v. David Allen Merritt

Citations

  • 695 F.2d 1263
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 23019
  • 12 Fed. R. Serv. 439

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that “the use of guns in connection with a stop is permissible where the police reasonably believe they are necessary for their protection”
  • explaining that “the use of guns in connection with a stop is permissible where the police reasonably believe they are necessary for their protection”
  • “The purpose of the suppression hearing was, of course, to determine preliminarily the admissibility of certain evidence . . . .”

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Judges: Anderson, Doyle, Seymour

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