United States v. Eric Brodie

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that suspect’s “action—putting his hands on the car when told to do so by the police—[constituted] full compliance with the officerʹs request,” and that the suspect was thus seized by police despite his later attempt to flee
• holding that suspect’s “action—putting his hands on the car when told to do so by the police— [constituted] full compliance with the officer’s request,” and that the suspect was thus seized by police despite his later attempt to flee
• rejecting the argument that “the short duration” of the defendant’s submission to an officer’s show of authority meant that no seizure occurred
• “[P]utting one’s hands on a car when ordered to do so is quite different from stopping a car just until the moment that an officer’s almost inevitable exit provides an improved chance of escape.”
• “Later acts of noncompliance do not negate a defendant’s initial submission, so long as it was authentic.”
• “Later acts of noncompliance do not negate a defendant’s initial submission, so long as it was authentic.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).