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Tenth Circuit· 11/13/1996

United States v. Shareef

Citations

  • 100 F.3d 1491
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 29483
  • 1996 WL 657885

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, once confirmation was received that he was not a wanted felon, “the continued use of handcuffs constituted an unlawful arrest”
  • recognizing that a police-citizen encounter that begins as a Terry investigatory detention supported by reasonable ar-ticulable suspicion may escalate into a “full-blown arrest”
  • concluding that the display of guns, a pat down search, and the use of handcuffs were reasonable due to the danger defendants posed
  • holding that it was reasonable to hold unarmed suspects in handcuffs until confirming whether one was a wanted felon
  • concluding that the display of guns, a pat down search, and the use of handcuffs were reasonable due to the danger defendants posed
  • noting that “[transportation of a defendant to the police station can not be justified absent probable cause to believe the defendant committed a crime”

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Judges: Ebel, Logan, Briscoe

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180 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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