Legal Opinion

Green v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 25, 2009No. 06-CF-1313PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Thomas Green, entered a conditional guilty plea to drug and weapons violations; he reserved the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He claims that the trial court violated his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by failing to grant his suppression motion. We conclude that on this record, the police had reasonable ar-ticulable suspicion to stop Mr. Green and the trial court did not err in declining to grant Mr. Green’s suppression motion on Fourth Amendment grounds. We also hold that the public safety exception to the…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by16 opinions

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