United States v. Pontoo

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Gregory Pontoo stands convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He asserts that the police stopped him on the street without reasonable suspicion and arrested him without probable cause. These infringements, he says, demand suppression of the weapon seized in the incident and dismissal of the charge against him. We think not.

I. BACKGROUND

The events surrounding the appellant’s arrest took place in Lewiston, Maine. There are five protagonists: the appellant, Gary Austin, Austin’s estranged girlfriend (Sherry Boston), and two…