Morgan v. Woessner’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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1. “[a] person is “seized” only when by means of physical force or a show of authority, his freedom of movement is restrained ... As long as the person to when questions are put remains free to disregard the questions and walk away, there has been no intrusion upon that person’s liberty or privacy as would under the Constitution require some particularized and objective justification. United States v. Mendenhall, 446 U.S. at 353-54 , 100 S.Ct. at 1877 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Velarde

2. “Morgan testified that he had difficulty breathing and felt totally out of control. Inside the nursery room, Floyd repeated that Morgan was not the person he was with. Morgan testified that Searle threatened to report to the press that he was a part of a narcotics investigation, and offered to release Morgan if Morgan would promise to forget what had happened. Morgan responded,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morgan v. Woessner

3. “Well, at that point ... I became very nervous. Before that, you know, I was standing up kind of saying, 'Hey, I don't want to go with you. Let me get my I.D.' or whatever, but he was very hostile.... I felt like it didn't matter if I did have my I.D.... He was going to do something to me.... I said to him, 'Okay. Where do you want me to go?'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morgan v. Woessner