U.S. v. ROBERT L.

No. 88-1168.

874 F.2d 701 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT L., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Bartolino, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

Janet K. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., and Janet Patterson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Appellate Section, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, SNEED and HUG, Jr., Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue with which this appeal is concerned is whether, under all of the facts and circumstances, founded suspicion existed to justify the investigatory detention of a juvenile's automobile. Because we conclude that founded suspicion was lacking, we reverse.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The parties largely agree on the underlying facts. It is the significance of those facts that they dispute.

On December 17, 1987, at approximately...

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