United States v. Mark Stubblefield

Opinion of the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case is, at its core, a fact-intensive dispute over probable cause. Witness descriptions of a serial robber — a middle-aged black man of short build and facial disfigurement — helped produce a police sketch, which was then used in canvassing efforts, which netted an identification, which led police officers to the identified suspect, and their approach prompted that suspect, Mark Stubblefield, to flee for two blocks until he was apprehended and arrested. We are asked to decide whether, in view of this totality of…