United States v. Brandon Burgess

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Brandon Burgess was indicted for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He moved to suppress the gun, which police officers found after stopping a car that he was riding in, arguing that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to justify the stop. The district court denied his motion, and Burgess preserved his challenge — the only one he raises on appeal — with a conditional plea of guilty. See Fed.R.CRIm.P. 11(a)(2).

There was some confusion in the testimony given by the police officers at the suppression hearing, which we will discuss…