Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States v. James Gooding

United States v. James Gooding, 695 F.2d 78 (4th Cir. 1982)

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-12-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that defendant’s "distraught" and "nervous" demeanor as he exited the plane did not constitute reasonable suspicion to justify investigative stop
  • holding that defendant’s "distraught" and "nervous" demeanor as he deplaned did not amount to reasonable suspicion
  • rejecting notion that a drug courier profile alone, which included defendant's arrival from New York--a source city for drugs--could create a reasonable and articulable suspicion
  • man deplaned, scanned concourse, acknowledged drug agents' presence in alleged cat-and-mouse game of mutual surveillance, made three phone calls
  • reasonable suspicion is determined by objective standards as they existed “at the time of the seizure”
  • "[A] drug courier profile, without more, does not create a reasonable and articulable suspicion."
  • consent occurring ‘within the same brief continuous encounter’ as illegal seizure invalid
  • "may obviously be relevant"--but not where the officers had conflicting perceptions of suspect's demeanor

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