United States v. Anthony Caicedo (95-3242) William A. Ryan (95-3513)

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

The principal question in this case is whether subsequent actions of police officers converted what began as a consensual encounter into unlawful “seizures” of two individuals under the Fourth Amendment. The search for an answer to this question requires a rather detailed statement of facts related to the entire encounter.

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On August 11, 1994, Officer John E. Mercado of the Cincinnati, Ohio police force was assigned to drug interdiction duty at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Cincinnati. He was in full uniform and was armed. Officer Mercado testified 1 that he noticed a…