Legal Opinion
United States v. Ferguson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 13, 2001No. 00 CR. 675(DC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
On the night of April 5, 2000, defendant Kenneth Ferguson was driving his car in a high-crime area of the Bronx when he was stopped by four police officers in an unmarked car. The officers removed him from the car, searched him, and recovered a semi-automatic pistol as well as drug paraphernalia. Ferguson, who has previously been convicted of a felony, was thereafter indicted in this case for unlawful possession of a weapon.
Ferguson moves to suppress the gun and other physical evidence. An eviden-tiary hearing was held on January 4, 2001. For the…
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