Anderson v. United States

GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

This ease involves an encounter between a police officer and the appellant who had been seen in a high crime area, late at night, and who acted nervous and put his hands back in his coat pocket after being asked to remove them upon being questioned by the officer. He appeals his convictions on the ground that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress since the police lacked articulable suspicion justifying his seizure and frisk. We agree and reverse his convictions.

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Appellant was indicted on one count of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of…