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· 4/15/1983

United States v. James Morrow Roper

Citations

  • 702 F.2d 984
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 28794

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that officer who drew his pistol and directed two passengers to exit vehicle only seized the defendants but did not arrest them
  • \NCIC printouts are reliable enough to form the basis of the reasonable belief which is needed to establish probable cause.\
  • “officer had probable cause to arrest where officer radioed 10 NCIC and learned of warrant”
  • “[A]n officer’s display of weapons does not necessarily convert an investigatory stop into an arrest.”
  • “NCIC printouts are reliable enough to form the basis of the reasonable belief which is needed to establish probable cause.”
  • officer had probable cause to arrest when relying on 5 radio communication for National Crime Information Center of warrant to defendant’s arrest

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Judges: Godbold, Roney, O'Kelley

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