Legal Opinion
United States v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 2, 2009No. 08-3257PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appeals from his conviction for illegal possession of a gun, for which he was sentenced to six years in prison. The only question presented by his appeal is whether he was stopped without reasonable suspicion, for it was in the course of the stop that the gun was discovered.
It was 2:30 a.m. when a South Bend police officer named Tutino was told by the dispatcher that there was a fight at the Beacon Heights apartment complex, a group of some 30-odd buildings renowned for criminality — shots are fired there three or four times a week. As Tutino, parked near the complex…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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