Legal Opinion
United States v. James Jenkins, Derrick Luther, A/K/A Derrick Hall
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 2006No. Docket 05-2679-cr(L), 05-5307-cr(CON)PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.
We consider here whether officers who reasonably believe that they have valid grounds for pulling over a vehicle, but then realize once the vehicle is stopped that they acted on the basis of a mistake of fact, violate the Fourth Amendment rights of the occupants of the vehicle simply by walking up to the vehicle. We conclude that in such circumstances the officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment rights of the occupants because it is reasonable for the officers to approach the vehicle to explain the situation and to inform the occupants that they are free to…
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