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· 2/28/2024

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Fsb v. Sucesion De Domingo Andino Marrero

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  • holding that a suspect’s “admission to carrying a concealed weapon was sufficient to justify briefly stopping him”
  • holding that an officer may briefly detain individuals not suspected of wrongdoing to promote officer safety
  • holding that, in the interest of their safety, officers lawfully may detain an associate or companion of a person being investigated for criminal activities, without particularized suspicion of any wrongdoing as to that associate
  • holding that reasonable suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon supported “briefly stopping” a person “before inquiring further about whether he had” a permit due to a Florida law making possession of a concealed-carry permit an affirmative defense
  • explaining that “[b]ased on [a defendant’s] admission that he was carrying a handgun in his waistband, the officers had reasonable suspicion to believe that [he] was committing a crime under Florida law— carrying a concealed weapon.”
  • noting that for safety reasons, officers may in some circumstances, briefly detain individuals about whom they have no individualized reasonable suspicion of criminal activity in the course of conducting a valid Terry stop as to other related individuals

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