Court: |
US Supreme Court |
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Facts: |
Youths flee officers, they chace. Hodari tosses a small rock.
They catch Hodari, and it turns out the rock was crack. |
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Posture: |
The crack is allowed in at trial, then suppressed on appeal. |
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Issue: |
When was Hodari seized? If it was when the officers first yelled
at him, then the seizure was illegal (no probable cause) |
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Holding: |
Not siezed. The rock is admissible. |
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Rule: |
You are not siezed if you don't stop. |
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Reasoning: |
Just think abou tit. "Siezed" means something more than just
getting yelled at. The crack, therefore, is not the fruit
of a seizure. |
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Dicta: |
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