Legal Opinion
United States v. Bookhardt, Ronnie
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 29, 2002No. 00-3107PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
This appeal turns on the question of whether, if a police officer arrests a defendant on a ground that proves invalid, the arrest is nonetheless lawful if the same officer had probable cause to arrest the defendant for a different offense, We answer that question in the affirmative, and, accordingly, reverse the district court’s suppression of evidence discovered in a search incident to the arrest of defendant Ronnie Bookhardt.
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On November 19, 1999, Detective Caesar Casiano, a member of the Washington, D.C.…
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