Defendant’s firearm possession conviction is affirmed where defendant’s voluntary statement that he was publicly drinking in violation of local law tipped the balance from providing a mere hunch to articulable suspicion of possible ongoing criminal wrongdoing, giving an officer reasonable suspicion to search him.
Read US v. Jones, No. 07-3025
Appellate Information
Argued September 14, 2009
Decided October 23, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Rogers
Counsel
For Appellant:
Dennis M. Hart, Washington, DC
For Appellee:
Leslie A. Gerardo, Roy W. McLeese III and Chrisellen R. Kolb, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Washington, DC
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