United States v. Vincent Randolph Thornton

There is no merit to Thornton’s claim that a pistol found in his possession was improperly admitted into evidence because it was the fruit of an arrest made without probable cause.

Police received a citizen’s report that a black male wearing a brown leather jacket was loitering around a parking lot looking into cars parked on the lot. A police officer went to the area to investigate. Two blocks from the parking lot he saw Thornton, a black male, carrying a brown leather jacket under his arm. The officer stopped Thornton, asked for identification, and questioned him as to his destination.…