United States First Circuit

Reasonable suspicion of the fraud of attempting to pass a bad check sufficient to justify an investigative stop under Terry v. Ohio, does not alone amount to a suspicion that the suspect is armed and dangerous sufficient to justify a frisk.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rodney S. Dowell, with whom Berman & Dowell was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Louis M. Fischer, United States Department of Justice, with whom James B. Farmer, United States Attorney, and John M. Hodgens, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.