United States v. Aviles-Vega

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This case presents an unusual twist on the not uncommon question of whether to suppress the results of a search based on information of a firearms sighting provided by an individual unknown to the police who provides no self-identifying information.

Acting on information provided by an anonymous caller, police officers frisked José Avilés-Vega after ordering him to get out of a' parked car, and discovered a Ruger pistol, loaded with 13 rounds of 9mm caliber ammunition, in his possession. Avilés-Vega was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, in…