United States v. Sylvester Cornelius, United States of America v. Sylvester Cornelius

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• explaining that it was reasonable for officers to fear for their safety when a suspect failed to follow an instruction to remove his hand from his pocket
• considering, on reasonable suspicion to stop, officers’ knowledge of defendant’s gang and narcotics affiliations
• past illegal drug activity relevant in determining reasonable suspicion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).