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U.S. v. Partee

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Nov 2, 2007
Case No. 07-CR-200 (E.D. Wis. Nov. 2, 2007)

Summary

finding that the officer did not exceed the scope of a pat-down search when he removed an object from the suspect's pocket, even though the officer testified that he was unsure what the object was, because he believed that the object might have been a weapon

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Opinion

Case No. 07-CR-200.

November 2, 2007


ORDER


Before the court is Magistrate Judge Aaron Goodstein's recommendation that defendant Demetrius Partee's (Partee) motion to suppress physical evidence be denied. The Court has reviewed Partee's objections to the recommendation and the government's response thereto and rules as follows:

Partee's motion to suppress is denied. The court adopts the magistrate judge's recommendation in toto as support for its decision here.

SO ORDERED:


Summaries of

U.S. v. Partee

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Nov 2, 2007
Case No. 07-CR-200 (E.D. Wis. Nov. 2, 2007)

finding that the officer did not exceed the scope of a pat-down search when he removed an object from the suspect's pocket, even though the officer testified that he was unsure what the object was, because he believed that the object might have been a weapon

Summary of this case from U.S. v. Rochin
Case details for

U.S. v. Partee

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. DEMETRIUS S. PARTEE, Defendant

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Date published: Nov 2, 2007

Citations

Case No. 07-CR-200 (E.D. Wis. Nov. 2, 2007)

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