U.S. v. BROOMFIELD

No. 04-4180.

417 F.3d 654 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John BROOMFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovita Morris King (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert D. Truitt (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

At 8:25 one October night in an Indiana town, a patrolling police officer received word from his dispatcher that eight minutes earlier a store had been held up by a black man wearing dark clothing and brandishing a silver-colored pistol, who having completed the robbery had fled on foot. Fifteen to twenty minutes after receiving the news the officer spotted a black man in dark clothing less than a mile...

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