Legal Opinion

United States v. Terry King and Valerie Jean Burdex

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 26, 1993No. 92-2142, 92-2173PublishedCited by 188 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court’s orders suppressing evidence as the fruit of an unlawful seizure of Defendants Terry King and Valerie Jean Burdex. The district court found that the police officer who seized Defendants lacked a reasonable suspicion that they were involved in criminal activity; therefore, Defendants’ detention violated the Fourth Amendment. See Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1967). The government contends that the officer’s conduct was reasonable under the circumstances and therefore did not violate the Fourth…

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2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by188 opinions

  1. United States v. Manuel Melendez-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. ShareefCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Acosta-ColonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  4. Oliveira v. MayerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. McRaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996

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