Legal Opinion · Dissent

Guadalupe v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 31, 1991No. 89-793Published

1DissentBelson, Associate Judge

One considering a case like this cannot help but realize that it raises troublesome issues regarding the measures that police may take in their efforts to gain relief from the current plague of drug trafficking and attendant murders and other serious crimes. There is agreement, I am confident, that no matter how laudable the goal *1363of any law enforcement effort may be, it must be conducted in a manner consistent with the liberties of our people guaranteed by the Constitution. My differences with the majority opinion are not at all with the principles it seeks to uphold, but with the manner in…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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