Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Ceballos
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1981No. 784, Docket 80-1420PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAND, District Judge:
Law enforcement officers observing what they believe to be a crime in progress often face the difficult task of determining whether the circumstances known to them justify making an investigative stop or an arrest. If they act too soon, with what is later deemed to be an insufficient basis, they risk jeopardizing the validity of subsequent legal proceedings. If they wait too long, they risk losing trace of the suspect or must engage in difficult, time consuming and often fruitless surveillance. Equally difficult is the task of determining, if a suspect is stopped, how…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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