56 So. 3d 233 - State v. Boudoin’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “At that point, the officers made a reasonable decision to detain all three individuals and thereby take unquestioned command over a fluid and uncertain situation. Brendlin v. California, 551 U.S. 249 , [257], 127 S.Ct. 2400, 2407 , 168 L.Ed.2d 132 (2007)(“[A] sensible person would not expect a police officer to allow people to come and go freely from the physical focal point of an investigation into faulty behavior or wrongdoing.... ‘the risk of harm to both the police and [the persons they detain] is minimized if the officers routinely exercise unquestioned command of the situation.’ ’’)(quoting Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692, 702-703 , 101 S.Ct. 2587, 2594 , 69 L.Ed.2d 340 (1981)); State v. Porche, [20]06-0312, p. 5 (La.11/29/06), 943 So.2d 335 , 338 ... Given the unresolved question of the tip involving homicide suspects, the officers’ use of handcuffs to detain the men as they questioned them briefly did not transform the stop into a de facto arrest. Cf. State v. Adams, 2001-3231, pp. 4-5 (La.1/14/03), 836 So.2d 9, 12 ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 124 So. 3d 1121 - State v. Barabin