Court Opinion

ID: 9750296
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 14:47:31.263581+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:06.724673
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STEADMAN, Associate Judge,
dissenting:
I appreciate the difficulties to be perceived in an individual examination of each strand, standing alone, of the factual circumstances here. However, I believe that a consideration of the “totality of the circumstances,” United States v. Cortez, 449 U.S. 411, 417, 101 S.Ct. 690, 694-95, 66 L.Ed.2d 621 (1981), can form a cord of sufficient strength to constitute the requisite level of “objective justification,” United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 109 S.Ct. 1581, 1585, 104 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989) (quoting INS v. Delgado, 466 U.S. 210, 217, 104 S.Ct. 1758, 1763, 80 L.Ed.2d 247 (1984)). Beyond the situation in Smith, the case before us presents elements of apparent concealment and possible danger. I respectfully dissent.