Certiorari denied.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER, with whom JUSTICE O'CONNOR joins, dissenting.
On New Year's Day, 1980, Atlanta police responded to a report that Thomas Patillo had threatened the driver of a van with a gun after Patillo had nearly caused an accident with the van. Petitioner Sampson and a fellow police officer, Craig, responded to the call, and arrived at Patillo's residence. Patillo, who appeared to be inebriated, refused the officers' order to accompany...
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