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88 A.B.A. J. 31 (2002)
Dr. Cop on the Stand

handle is hein.journals/abaj88 and id is 347 raw text is: R* P ON THE STAND Judges Accept Police Officers as Experts Too Quickly, Critics Say MARK H A NS E N YRANSEE HARRIS SAID HE WAS just walking down the street, minding his own business, on the night of Sept. 19, 1996, when a police officer suddenly appeared from out of nowhere, called him ovcr and started giving him a hard time. But the Mansfield, Ohio, police officer, Patrolman Brent Snavely, told a federal court jury a completely dif- ferent story. Snavely said he had been staking out a sus- pected crack house when he noticed Harris stop at the corner, look around, bend over as if to fish something out of his sock or his shoe, and then continue walking with something apparently cupped in his hand. Harris also seemed to be walking erratically, Snavely testified, and wore a rolled-up pants leg. That, Snavely said, was a sure sign on the street that somebody had drugs to sell. Mark Hansen is a senior writer for the A e-mail address is markhansen@staff.aban BA Journal. His et.org. Mg 2002 ABA JOURNAL

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