Tenth Circuit· 7/24/2017

United States v. Windom

Citations

863 F.3d 1322
2017 WL 3124047
2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 13313

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noting that, depending on the circumstances, officers may protect themselves during a Terry stop by “drawing their weapons, placing a suspect in handcuffs, or forcing a suspect to the ground” (internal quotation marks omitted)
“The touchstone of our analysis under the Fourth Amendment is always ‘the reasonableness in all the circumstances of the particular governmental invasion of a citizen’s personal security.’”
officers received a tip that a suspect had flashed a firearm in public and proclaimed gang affiliation
Although “effectuating a Terry stop by pointing guns at a suspect may elevate a seizure to an arrest in most scenarios, we have 3 rejected a bright-line rule that the use of guns automatically turns the stop into an arrest.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Hartz, Baldock, Holmes

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