State v. Shaw

Police officers, who were part of a special task force to apprehend fugitives, arrived at a multi-unit apartment building to execute an arrest warrant just as defendant Don Shaw and another individual were exiting the building. Shaw was held by these officers because he refused to give his name. The officers did not know whether Shaw was the subject of the arrest warrant; the officers did know that Shaw, like the fugitive, was a black man. On the record before us, this is the only descriptive basis for the stop. Minutes later, other law enforcement officers, including a parole officer, came…