United States v. Sanchez

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Preface

Jorge Sanchez asks us to undo a district judge’s order denying his motion to suppress. Concluding that we cannot, we affirm.

How the Case Got Here 1

One summer evening back in August 2011, Officer Mark Templeman of the Springfield Police Department got a phone call from a confidential informant (“Cl,” for short). A Hispanic man standing near a green Ford Taurus on the corner of Main and Calhoun streets had a black semiautomatic handgun in his waistband and crack cocaine in his pocket, the Cl said. And he described the man as medium complected, roughly 5'5" tall,…