United States v. Cheryl Lavonn Flippin

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a seizure from the defendant of her make-up bag and a subsequent search of it, while in her residence. The district court granted defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained during the search, finding the seizure and search violative of the Fourth Amendment. We hold that reasonable suspicion that the suspect was armed was sufficient justification for the seizure. Exigent circumstances justified the subsequent warrantless search of the closed bag. We reverse the district court’s grant of the motion to suppress and remand for further…