United States Eleventh Circuit

An anonymous face-to-face tip with sufficient indicia of reliability may provide an officer with a reasonable suspicion sufficient to permit a protective pat-down. Denial of motion to suppress is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2004
• Published 04/30/2004

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, MARCUS and BRUNETTI , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• W. Carl Lietz, III and Stephanie Kearns, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant., Eleanor L. Ross, Amy Levin Weil, U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.