United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition is vacated where an anonymous 911 call from a woman who said she had seen the driver participate in a transaction involving a sandwich bag and a gun was not sufficiently corroborated in its assertion of illegal conduct and, thus, the traffic stop of defendant's car violated the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/08/2008
• Published 01/08/2008

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Martin Gregory Bahl, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Debra L. Dwyer, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, John H. Chun, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public.   Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.