Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Earl Sanders
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1993No. 92-8309PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
DefendanL-Appellant Robert Earl Sanders appeals his conviction as a felon in possession of a firearm, alleging that the district court improperly denied his motion to suppress evidence seized following a warrantless stop and frisk of his person. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
While on patrol alone in his squad car one afternoon in December 1990, Waco Police Officer John Hambrick was dispatched by radio to Cruz’s Grocery Store to investigate a complaint that a suspicious person with a gun was on the premises of that business. Cruz’s Grocery…
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