· 8/3/1971
United States v. Raymond J. Berryhill
Citations
- 445 F.2d 1189
- 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 8682
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- establishing “automatic companion rule” permitting frisk of all companions of arrestee within immediate vicinity who are capable of accomplishing harmful assault on officer
- recognizing the “automatic companion” rule
- “all companions of the arrestee within the immediate vicinity * * * are constitutionally subjected to the cursory ‘pat-down’ reasonably necessary to give assurance that they are unarmed”
- discussing Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- approving search of defendant’s wife’s handbag
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Judges: Carter, Hufstedler, Thompson
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