United States Fourth Circuit

In appeal of conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress the firearm that was the basis of his conviction is affirmed, where the district court did not err in its judgment that Officer Tinsley possessed a reasonable suspicion that defendant was trespassing at the time of the Terry stop given the totality of the following factors: 1) the high-crime nature of the area; 2) the particular location and manner in which defendant and the other man were standing; 3) defendant's evasive behavior upon seeing the patrol car; and 4) the defendant's path led him past the convenience store's front door, and yet he made no effort to enter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2013
• Published 01/16/2013

Judges

• WILKINSON

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel