UNITED STATES v. CEBALLOS

No. 784, Docket 80-1420.

654 F.2d 177 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose CEBALLOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Stone, Winstanley F. Luke, Asst. U. S. Attys., Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., E. D. N. Y., for the United States of America.

Chester L. Mirsky (Washington Square Legal Services, New York City), for the defendant-appellant.

Before OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and SAND, District Judge.


SAND, District Judge:

Law enforcement officers observing what they believe to be a crime in progress often face the difficult task of determining whether the circumstances known to them justify making an investigative stop or an arrest. If they act too soon, with what is later deemed to be an insufficient basis, they risk jeopardizing the validity of subsequent legal proceedings. If they wait too long, they risk losing trace of the suspect or must engage in difficult...

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