United States v. Antuna

RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE [DKT. NO. 33]

HALL, District Judge.

On the evening of May 18, 2001, defendant Fernando Antuna was standing on a street corner in Bridgeport talking with three friends when he was detained and searched by two police officers. The officers recovered a .380 model handgun from Antuna’s waistband. Antuna, who has previously been convicted of a felony, was thereafter indicted in this case for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

Antuna has moved to suppress the gun. An evidentiary hearing was held on January 28, 2002, regarding the suppression…