United States v. Tommy Owen Hartz

How courts have described this case

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• discussing how a variance between the indictment and the proof is permissi- ble so long as it is not about “an essential element” of the crime charged and “does not alter the behavior for which the defendant can be convicted”
• “Reasonable suspicion exists if ‘specific, articulable facts ... together with objective and reasonable inferences’ suggest that the persons detained by the police are engaged in criminal activity.”
• “A police officer has probable cause to arrest a suspect without a warrant if the available facts suggest a ‘fair probability’ that the suspect has committed a crime.”
• applying plain-error review for unpreserved claim of constructive amendment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).