United States v. Clay ( 1998 )


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           [NOT FOR PUBLICATION   NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
    

    United States Court of Appeals
    For the First Circuit




    No. 98-1564

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

    Appellee,

    v.

    JACKIE CLAY,

    Defendant, Appellant.



    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

    [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]



    Before

    Selya, Circuit Judge,

    Aldrich and Campbell, Senior Circuit Judges.




    David Duncan, with whom Zalkind, Rodriguez, Lunt & Duncan was
    on brief, for appellant.
    Marianne C. Hinkle, Assistant United States Attorney, with
    whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief, for the
    United States.





    November 10, 1998



    Per Curiam. This is a single-issue criminal appeal in
    which the defendant argues that the police lacked reasonable
    suspicion to stop the taxicab in which he was traveling. The
    proper inquiry is fact-contingent, and an inquiring court must
    consider the totality of the relevant circumstances. See United
    States v. Stanley, 915 F.2d 54, 55 (1st Cir. 1990). Viewing the
    circumstances here extant as a whole, through the eyes of
    reasonable, yet experienced, police officers, see United States v.
    Trullo, 809 F.2d 108, 112 (1st Cir. 1987), we have no doubt but
    that the police had a sufficient basis reasonably to suspect that
    the cab contained the individual who had attempted to commit the
    crime. See United States v. Kimball, 25 F.3d 1, 6 (1st Cir. 1994).
    Consequently, the minimal intrusion that the stop entailed was
    fully justified. See id.

    We need go no further. The judgment below will be

    Affirmed.

Document Info

Docket Number: 98-1564

Filed Date: 11/13/1998

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/21/2015