Ninth Circuit· 4/26/2001

United States v. Mark Anthony Miles

Citations

247 F.3d 1009
2001 Daily Journal DAR 4089
2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3309
2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 7641
2001 WL 422589

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holding that an officer exceeded the permissible limits of a protective search by manipulating a box that “was no bigger than a large package of chewing gum and was one-half the size of a package of cigarettes”
finding detention reasonable where two officers, with guns drawn, detained a suspect matching a description of a gunman and handcuffed him
courts “allow 22 intrusive and aggressive police conduct without deeming it an arrest … when it is a 23 reasonable response to legitimate safety concerns.”
“[I]f an officer feels an item that he recognizes as contraband or evidence , that touch may provide probable cause for the arrest of the person and seizure of the evidence .” (emphasis added)
“[I]f an officer feels an item that he recognizes as contraband or evidence, that touch may provide probable cause for the arrest of the person and seizure of the evidence.” (emphasis added)

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Judges: McKeown, Fletcher, Rawlinson

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