Charles v. State

Appellant, Whisler Charles, appeals the denial of his motion to suppress physical evidence, namely, two handguns taken from him by arresting officers. Because we find that the police were justified in detaining Charles and seizing his weapons, we affirm.

The content of Charles’s mother’s report to the police — that she had seen Charles brandishing guns and making death threats three days earlier, that her daughter had indicated that he was doing the same thing on the day in question, and that Charles usually carried two guns— was enough, given the totality of the circumstances, to give the…