Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 7, 2007No. 05-2522PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Adam Jennings, a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe, worked at a “smoke shop” operated by the tribe and located on Indian tribal land in Charles-town, Rhode Island. The smoke shop sold an array of cigarettes to members of the tribe and the general public. During a search of the smoke shop by the Rhode Island State Police, Jennings was arrested for disorderly conduct. Jennings initially resisted the arrest, requiring the use of force by state police officials to subdue him. As a result of that confrontation, appellee Kenneth Jones used an “ankle turn control…
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