United States v. Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., A/K/A Seifullah Rahman, United States of America v. Vernon A. Collins, A/K/A Bey Brother

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• noting that “Fourth Amendment rights are . . . personal rights”and that individuals “lack standing to assert vicariously”the Fourth Circuit rights of another individual
• finding that a brief investigative stop of a vehicle is permissible when the investigating officers have a reasonable suspi- cion grounded in articulable facts that the person stopped is involved in criminal activity
• finding handcuffing permissible where the officer could “reasonably anticipate that he might be required to go to the aid of his fellow officers”
• affirming, on direct appeal, the convictions of Collins and his codefendant
• where officers knew that two of the three occupants of a car had records of narcotics and handgun violations, removing the occupants was a “valid precautionary measure”
• “Once a lawful Terry stop of an automobile is made, ordering suspects from the vehicle is a valid precautionary measure designed to afford a degree of protection to the investigating officer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).