Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of E.D.J.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 9, 1993No. C0-92-862PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEITH, Chief Justice.
In a series of decisions, we have articulated and reiterated the standard to be used by a trial court in determining at a suppression hearing in a criminal case whether an investigatory “seizure” of the person of the defendant by the police occurred. We have made it clear that the trial court should determine objectively, on the basis of the totality of the circumstances, whether a reasonable person in the defendant’s shoes would have concluded that he or she was not free to leave.
Recently, the United States Supreme Court, in a sharp departure from this approach,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- California v. Hodari D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
- Commonwealth v. MatosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth v. StouteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. YoungWashington Supreme Court · 1998
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