Mr. Price Case Summary

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Summary of the case: On March 23, 2014 at 3:00am, a black male wearing a leather jacket was spotted pulling car doors in a parking lot. When police arrived they pulled over Mr. Price on the sidewalk ( a black male wearing a leather jacket) and asked if they could search him. He agreed, but proceeded to grab his backpack and run. The backpack was found 50 yards later with a gun and some papers belonging to Mr. Price. He was convicted of many criminal charges and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Price argues that being stopped and searched was violation of the 4th amendment. The evidence then should not have been admissible in court.

Holding: In this case I ruled a dissenting opinion in favor of the Appellee (State of Colorado).

Rationale:

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