· 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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