Gianni Montay Minners v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Is an investigative detention reasonable when there are insufficient facts to conclude the individual is a gang member or the area is a high crime area, and the person was spotted with a gun days earlier?
QUESTION PRESENTED The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. To be reasonable, an officer’s investigative detention must be justified at its inception. The question presented is: Is it reasonable for an officer to conduct an investigative detention where there are insufficient facts in the record to conclude that an individual is gang member, where there are insufficient facts that an area may be considered a high crime area, and where a person was spotted with a gun six days earlier? i