The following excerpt is from United States v. Fann, 11-0540-cr (2nd Cir. 2012):
of the premises if they possess a 'reasonable belief based on specific and articulable facts that the area to be swept harbors an individual posing a danger to those on the arrest scene.'" Id. (quoting Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325, 337 (1990)).
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