First Circuit· 9/23/2009

United States v. Wright

Citations

582 F.3d 199
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20976
2009 WL 3019695

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holding that officers had reasonable suspicion where defendant leaned forward in the back seat of a car, quickly exited as if recognizing an unmarked car as a police car, ran in the opposite direction, clutched at his side, and refused to stop when commanded
accepting parties' agreement that seizure requiring reasonable suspicion did not occur until officers caught up with fleeing defendant and physically restrained him
accepting parties’ agreement that seizure requiring reasonable suspicion did not occur until officers caught up with fleeing defendant and physically restrained him
finding an investigative stop reasonable after a man ran from the police while clutching at his waistband
“[A] Terry stop is permitted even if the conduct justifying the stop was ambiguous and susceptible of an innocent explanation.... [T]he very purpose of [Terry] stops is to clarify ambiguous situations.”

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Judges: Torruella, Lipez, Howard

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