United States v. Avance R. Allen

Because on this record the government has not established probable cause for appellant’s initial arrest for drinking in public, I dissent.

An arrest is among the gravest intrusions of government upon the autonomy of a citizen:

*59No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded . . . than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law.1

Once under arrest, an individual is deprived of his liberty. He is also subject to additional, obvious indignities such…