Whitaker v. Com.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that probable cause -8- supported the arrest of the defendant for carrying a concealed weapon even though he might have had a permit
• recognizing that the fact that an event occurred in a “high crime area” is relevant in evaluating whether the totality of the circumstances supported a seizure
• holding that “[t]he fact that [the defendant] might not have been convicted on [a] concealed weapons charge . . . on a showing he had a permit d[id] not affect the viability of the probable cause to arrest [him for the offense] in the first instance”
• holding “[t]he fact that [the defendant] might not have been convicted on [a] concealed weapons charge . . . on a showing he had a permit d[id] not affect the viability of the probable cause to arrest [him for the offense] in the first instance”
• considering, in its reasonable suspicion analysis, the suspect’s “unusual behavior in abandoning - 32 - his bicycle,” “seemingly frantic determination to elude the police,” and “holding onto his right jacket pocket as he ran”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).