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· 11/14/1989

United States v. Kenroy Laing, A/K/A Junior Roy Laing, United States of America v. Garfield Dean Martin

Citations

  • 889 F.2d 281
  • 281 U.S. App. D.C. 266
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 17180

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, during a Terry stop, it was reasonable for the police to force a suspect’s hand from his pants
  • holding that the time, the “high crime” nature of the area, and the defendant’s furtive movements were relevant to the reasonable suspicion inquiry
  • holding that “amount of force used to carry out the stop and search must be reasonable, but may include use of handcuffs”
  • upholding a verdict where defendant was found guilty of gun charge and acquitted on drug possession count
  • describing “the ‘high-crime’ nature of the area” and “the time of day” as separate considerations within the reasonable suspicion analysis, and not referencing any temporal element to the former
  • describing \the 'high-crime' nature of the area\ and \the time of day\ as separate considerations within the reasonable suspicion analysis, and not referencing any temporal element to the former

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Judges: Wald, Buckley, Sentelle

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