Legal Opinion
United States v. Mark Anthony Miles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 2001No. 00-30035PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we address whether a police officer, when conducting a patdown search for weapons diming an investigatory stop, may lawfully go beyond a patdown and move or shake a small box in a suspect’s clothes to determine its contents. Defendant Mark Miles appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence, including a gun, bullets, and his statements, arguing that the police officers’ intrusive detention of him amounted to an arrest without probable cause and that they subjected him to an unlawful search. Following denial of that motion, Miles…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Minnesota v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Washington v. LambertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Donald Wesley Taylor, United States of America v. Steven Wayne Pressler, and Donald Wesley TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by83 opinions
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