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· 6/29/1981

United States v. Dora Correa Patino

Citations

  • 649 F.2d 724
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 11929

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an officer seizes a person, when he indicates by his authoritative manner that the person is not free to leave
  • holding that an officer seizes a person, when he indicates by his authoritative manner that the person is not free to leave
  • stating that physical restraint is the “most obvious” form of seizure
  • stating that physical restraint is the \most obvious\ form of seizure
  • “[T]he obvious knowledge on her part [of the] inconsistency between the airline ticket and her identification would give rise to an inference that she would not willingly have produced them had she not felt obliged to do so.”
  • affirming trial court’s finding that a seizure had occurred

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Judges: Hug, Schroeder, Pre-Gerson

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