Pat Down Upheld for Gas-Station Watcher

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 14, 2011

Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Search & Seizure

Police who observed defendant at 4:40 a.m. near a gas station that had been robbed previously, in an area outside surveillance-camera range, apparently stalking the gas-station attendant, had reasonable suspicion to perform a stop-and-frisk and the 4th Circuit upholds the pat down, admission of the gun in defendant’s pocket and his conviction for possession of ...

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