Legal Opinion

United States v. Arthur

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 22, 2014No. 13-1892PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The reasonable suspicion that is needed to justify a minimally intrusive police stop is hard to quantify, and there is sometimes a fine line between that degree of suspicion and mere paranoia or a hunch plucked out of thin air. This case requires us to examine that line. After conducting such an examination, we conclude that the district court did not err in finding that the police conduct in this case fell on the right side of the line. We further conclude that the court committed no error in refusing to suppress proffered eyewitness identification evidence. Based on…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Perry v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. United States v. ChhienCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. United States v. Shepard-FraserCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. Cory FosterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2018
  3. United States v. StreetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  4. United States v. AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2022
  5. United States v. SimpkinsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020

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