United States Eighth Circuit

Conviction for firearms possession is affirmed where defendant's reaction and actions created reasonable suspicion to justify a Terry stop, and the protective pat-down was justified by the officer's reasonable suspicion that defendant might be armed and dangerous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2009
• Published 08/03/2009

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before COLLOTON, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• B. John Burns, AFPD, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary C. Luxa, AUSA, Des Moines, IA, for appellee.