Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Woodrum
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 6, 2000No. 99-1697PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises a novel constitutional question. After traversing uncharted Fourth Amendment waters, we affirm the trial court’s denial of a passenger’s motion to suppress evidence gleaned as a result of a police stop, on bare suspicion, of a taxicab enrolled in a voluntary Boston Police Department (BPD) program designed to ensure cabdriver safety.
I. BACKGROUND
Understanding this case requires familiarity with both the BPD’s Taxi Inspection Program for Safety (TIPS) and the events surrounding the traffic stop. We treat these topics separately.
A. The Program.
In 1991,…
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