U.S. v. MARAGH

No. 88-3163.

894 F.2d 415 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America v. Mark A. MARAGH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patty Merkamp-Stemler, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and Theodore A. Shmanda, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

James E. McCollum, Jr., appointed by this court, for appellee.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether police officers violated the Fourth Amendment in "seizing" the appellee, Mark A. Maragh, without reasonable suspicion. A squad of drug interdiction police officers was on duty in Union Station, Washington, D.C., at mid-afternoon. The officers noticed Maragh, who had...

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