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Fifth Circuit· 7/13/1995

United States v. Wadley

Citations

  • 59 F.3d 510
  • 1995 WL 412979

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating officer knew apartment complex was a \high crime area with a high incidence of drug transactions\
  • stating officer knew apartment complex was a “high crime area with a high incidence of drug transactions”
  • stating officer knew apartment complex was a \high crime area with a high incidence of drug transactions\
  • stating officer knew apartment complex was a “high crime area with a high incidence of drug transactions”
  • “[A] reasonable officer was entitled to conclude that [the suspect] was attempting to evade capture so that he could discard the drugs he was carrying.”
  • “[I]n combination with other facts and circumstances, flight from an officer may create probable cause where the defendant persistently attempts to evade capture.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Davis, Wiener, Vance

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41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named United States v. Wadley

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