U.S. v. WATSON

No. 14-1334.

787 F.3d 101 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Severne WATSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea M. Griswold , Assistant United States Attorney ( Michael A. Levy , on the brief), for Preet Bharara , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Appellants.

Dawn M. Cardi , ( Ariadne Green and Chad L. Edgar , on the brief), Cardi and Edgar, LLP, for Appellee.

Before: GUIDO CALABRESI, PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges, and JED S. RAKOFF, Judge.


On April 2, 2013, New York City Police Officer Christopher Vaccaro, while searching for a robbery suspect named Chauncey Butler, spotted defendant Severne Watson. Allegedly perceiving a general physical resemblance between Watson and Butler, the officer exited his patrol car to inquire about Watson's identity. During...

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