Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 7, 2005No. CR. 304CR268MRKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KRAVITZ, District Judge.
Defendant Neville Thomas is charged in a one-count indictment [doc. # 1] with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Mr. Thomas now moves to suppress the .380 caliber, semi-automatic pistol that Hartford police found in his waistband on June 13, 2004, when Mr. Thomas was patted down immediately upon exiting the passenger side of a reptal van parked in a high-crime area of Hartford at 2:45 a.m. The question presented by the motion to suppress is narrow. Mr. Thomas does not challenge the police officer’s…
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- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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