Aside from the detailed tip the police had about defendant, the officer saw the bulge of a gun, and that was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Bridges, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95367 (E.D.Mich. July 21, 2016).*<\/p>\n
Defendant\u2019s patdown at the time was a search because the officer\u2019s hands went into defendant\u2019s pockets first, but the government shows it\u2019s inevitable that defendant would have been subjected to a full search anyway because he looked like the person they were looking for and he was getting more agitated as it went on. United States v. Clark, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93671 (D.Me. July 19, 2016).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aside from the detailed tip the police had about defendant, the officer saw the bulge of a gun, and that was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Bridges, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95367 (E.D.Mich. July 21, 2016).* Defendant\u2019s patdown at the … Continue reading