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U.S. v. Sowards, No. 10-4133 (4th Cir.) (690 F.3d 583) (June 25, 2012) (Judge James A. Jr. Wynn)

Loaded on Nov. 12, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists November 12, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Visual Speed Estimates.

This is an interesting decision in which a divided panel from the Fourth Circuit held that a police officer’s uncorroborated visual speed estimate did not provide probable cause to initiate a traffic stop for speeding.. Predictably, the dissent argued that the decision would result in gloom and doom, rampant lawlessness ...

 

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  1. U.S. v. Sowards, No. 10-4133 (4th Cir.) (690 F.3d 583) (June 25, 2012) (Judge James A. Jr. Wynn)
  2. U.S. v. Spencer, No. 11-3463 (8th Cir.) (700 F.3d 317) (November 7, 2012) (Judge Steven M. Colloton)
  3. U.S. v. Gupta, No. 11 Cr. 907 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y.) (904 F.Supp.2d 349) (October 24, 2012) (Judge Jed S. Rakoff)
  4. U.S. v. Zauner, No. 12-1007 (8th Cir.) (688 F.3d 426) (August 16, 2012) (Judge Diana E. Murphy)
  5. U.S. v. White, No. 11-2150 (7th Cir.) (698 F.3d 1005) (October 26, 2012) (Per Curiam)
  6. U.S. v. Palomar-Martinez, No. 2:11-cr-156-MEF (M.D.Ala.) (858 F.Supp.2d 1281) (May 2, 2012) (Judge Mark E. Fuller)

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