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223006P.pdf   11/20/2023  United States  v.  Daniel Bonilla
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-3006
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Loken and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Officers had a legitimate purpose for 
   handcuffing defendant during the Terry stop, as they had a legitimate 
   concern he might try to flee the scene, given the change in his demeanor 
   over a short period of time and other factors that were consistent with 
   drug-trafficking behavior. Held: because placing defendant in handcuffs 
   did not convert the investigatory stop into a de facto arrest, the seizure 
   of evidence from defendant's backpack was not the fruit of an unlawful 
   arrest and the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to 
   suppress.