United States v. Johnson

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge HARWELL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Larry Johnson appeals on Fourth Amendment grounds from his conviction on various drug and firearm charges. Police witnessed Johnson making what appeared to be a series of hand-to-hand exchanges with multiple people in a known open-air drug market. By this point, the facts known to the officers were at least sufficient to support a “reasonable suspicion” that Johnson was dealing drugs, justifying a brief investigatory detention under Terry v. Ohio, 392…