Search & Seizure – High-Crime Area – Waving At Cars

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 7, 2008

A police officer who observed defendant near a convenience store in a high-crime area late at night, waving at cars, and who smelled alcohol on defendant and heard his slurred speech, did not violate defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights by patting him down to look for identification in order to determine if defendant had any outstanding ...

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