Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramirez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2007No. 05-50165, 05-50181PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Concurrence by Judge KOZINSKI.
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
In this criminal appeal we must decide whether the “collective knowledge” doctrine justifies a warrantless stop of an automobile by one officer at the request of another officer within the same police department.
I
A
This case began with an event in which defendants-appellants Ramon Ramirez and Javier Beltran were not actually involved. On July 8, 2004, police officers in Glendale, California, stopped a Mercury Mountaineer with a California license plate no. 560A975. Its driver was arrested. Officer Kim…
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