U.S. v. ROBINSON

No. 14-4902.

846 F.3d 694 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shaquille Montel ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nicholas Joseph Compton , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas Ernest Booth , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kristen M. Leddy , Research and Writing Specialist, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. William J. Ihlenfeld, II , United States Attorney, Jarod J. Douglas , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson, Judge Traxler, Judge King, Judge Shedd, Judge Duncan, Judge Agee, Judge Keenan, Judge Diaz, Judge Floyd, and Judge Thacker joined. Judge Wynn wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment. Judge Harris wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory, Judge Motz, and Senior Judge Davis joined.


ON REHEARING EN BANC

This appeal presents the question of whether a law enforcement officer is justified in frisking a person whom the officer has lawfully stopped and whom the officer reasonably believes to be armed, regardless of whether the person may legally be entitled to carry the firearm...

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