UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Calvin WEAVER, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued En Banc: April 20, 2021.
Decided: August 16, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carina H. Schoenberger , Assistant United States Attorney, for Antoinette T. Bacon , Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY, for Appellee.
James P. Egan , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.
Alexandra A.E. Shapiro , Erin M. James , Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, New York, NY; Richard D. Willstatter , National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; Timothy P. Murphy , New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Buffalo, NY, for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Amici Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant.
Chin, Circuit Judge, joined by Calabresi and Pooler, Circuit Judges, filed a dissenting opinion.
William J. Nardini, Circuit Judge.
This case presents what is, in some respects, a familiar question: whether a police officer's pat-down search of a suspect for weapons was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. In concluding that the search here was reasonable, we break no new legal ground but rather reiterate well-settled constitutional principles...
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