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· 9/26/1990

United States v. Thomas Stanley Werking

Citations

  • 915 F.2d 1404
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 16922
  • 1990 WL 138966

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that return of driver's documents will not end detention if driver \has an objective reason to believe that he was not free to end his conversation with the law enforcement official and proceed on his way.\
  • noting a level two encounter is an investigative detention or “Terry stop”
  • after officer has returned driver license and registration, questions concerning drugs and weapons, or request for voluntary consent to search, may become \an ordinary consensual encounter between a private citizen and a law enforcement official.\

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Judges: Tacha, Barrett, Baldock

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