United States Eleventh Circuit

A police officer had reasonable suspicion that defendant was engaged in illegal gambling activity and was carrying a concealed weapon, to justify a Terry stop, and observation of a bulge under defendant's shirt at the waist warranted a pat-down for weapons.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2002
• Published 05/21/2002

Judges

• ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON, RONEY and ALARCÓN , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William S. Duffey, Jr., Todd C. Alley, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary Elizabeth Wells, Stephanie Kearns, Federal Public Defender, Paul S. Kish, Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.