United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of a suppression motion is affirmed where the district court did not clearly err in finding that the defendant consented to the initial stop and pat-down, and where the officers had reasonable suspicion that the defendant was involved in criminal activity and that he posed a threat to officer safety.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/14/2005
• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene L. Miller (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert Kirchner (argued), Ruth E. Wyman, Champaign, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.