United States v. Spencer Ray Tilmon

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• holding handcuffing reasonable where officers told by radio dispatch that suspect was armed and dangerous
• noting that “[s]ubtle, and perhaps tenuous, distinctions exist between a Terry stop, a Terry stop rapidly evolving into an arrest and a de facto arrest”
• noting that “[s]ubtle, and perhaps tenuous, distinctions exist between a Terry stop, a Terry stop rapidly evolving into an arrest and a de facto arrest”
• stating that handcuffing during a Terry stop was “once highly problematic” and has now become “quite acceptable”
• holding officers had probable cause when the suspect matched the description of No. 18‐2525 9 the robber of a nearby bank
• holding officers had probable cause when the suspect matched the description of No. 18‐2525 9 the robber of a nearby bank

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