United States v. Lester Lemons

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Responding to a two-car traffic accident in West Allis, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee) in the early morning hours of February 24, 2001, police were told that Lester Lemons, a passenger in one of the involved automobiles, had flashed a gun in the immediate aftermath of the accident. Upon questioning,* Lemons denied possessing a gun but consented to a pat-down of his person. Pursuant to that frisk, police discovered a sweat sock in his pocket containing twelve bullets. Separately, another officer observed a 9 mm bullet on the rear seat of the vehicle in…