United States Fifth Circuit

Where the operator of a half-way house was well known to police, and gave officers tip that defendant, who was in the half-way house, had a gun, the totality of the circumstances established a sufficient basis for a Terry stop and frisk, and the denial of defendant's motion to suppress the gun was proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2002
• Published 03/25/2002

Judges

• POLITZ, Circuit Judge:, Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Angela J. Moore (argued), Diane D. Kirstein, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., M. Carolyn Fuentes (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.