Everett Miles v. United States

The court holds that the police officers in this case lacked reasonable articulable suspicion to stop Mr. Miles. I respectfully dissent.

I

We view the evidence at the suppression hearing in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling. United States v. Lewis , 147 A.3d 236, 239 (D.C. 2016) (en banc). So viewed, the evidence indicated the following. At 8:08 a.m. on March 24, 2013, a 911 caller reported that a man "is shooting a gun" in the air in the 4500 block of Texas Avenue SE and "is heading towards Ridge Road." The 911 caller, who did not provide a name or callback number, described…