US v. Jones, No. 07-3025
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.
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