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181264P.pdf 12/10/2018 United States v. Temarco Pope, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1264
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Police officer had reasonable suspicion that
criminal activity was afoot when he personally observed defendant place a
gun in his waistband; the Supreme Court has already authorized police
officers to frisk a suspect reasonably believed to be armed even where it
could be that the suspect possessed the firearm legally; officer could
frisk a handcuffed person.