· 8/17/2021
v. Wright
Citations
- 2021 COA 106
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that requisite cause is measured “at the time [police] initially approach[] the [suspect]” and suspect’s flight after seizure cannot be used in reasonable suspicion calculus
- concluding that there was “no reason at this juncture to embrace a standard other than that adhered to by the United States Supreme Court” for stop and frisk cases
- explaining that “unprovoked flight in a high crime area is sufficient to create a reasonable suspicion to justify [an investigatory] stop under the Fourth Amendment.”
- holding defendant’s unprovoked flight was factor in determining that officer had reasonable suspicion
- declining to depart from Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968) and progeny
- declining to depart from Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968) and progeny
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