Legal Opinion
United States v. Billy Howard Stanfield
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1997No. 96-4061PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judges HAMILTON and WILLIAMS joined.
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
Law enforcement officials literally risk their lives each time they approach occupied vehicles during the course of investigative traffic stops. As the Supreme Court has repeatedly observed, “a significant percentage of murders of police officers occurs when officers are making traffic stops.” United States v. Robinson, 414 U.S. 218, 234 n. 5, 94 S.Ct. 467, 476 n. 5, 38 L.Ed.2d 427 (1973). In recognition of the extraordinary dangers to which officers are…
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