Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Fourth Circuit -- US v. Prentiss Watson


Three hour warant-less detention in convenience store after protective sweep while police waited for warrant was a violation of 4A.

As there was no break in the causal chain from the illegal arrest, Mirandized statements should have been excluded. 

Not harmless.

Dissent: Detention was reasonable under Summers.


US v. Prentiss Watson
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