Topic: when placed under formal arrest or when a reasonable person… · Go Syfert
← All topics

Topic #26325

3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Mary Dangerfield Bengivenga.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Mary Dangerfield Bengivenga Anchor
ca5 · 1988
green “when placed under formal arrest or when a reasonable person in the suspect's position would have understood the situation to constitute a restraint on freedom of movement of the degree which the law associates with formal arrest.” 8
2 United States v. Mary Dangerfield Bengivenga
ca5 · 1988
green “a reasonable person in the suspect's position would have understood the situation to constitute a restraint on freedom of movement of the degree which the law associates with formal arrest.” 5
3 United States v. Cavazos
ca5 · 2012
green “was immediately located and handcuffed at the start of the search, demonstrating that the agents sought out cavazos and had physical dominion over him” 2

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

← Caselaw search · Hot / Trending / Newly red · Brief Check