UNITED STATES v. BELL

No. 84-3534.

762 F.2d 495 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne Cedric BELL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Baxter, Chief, Appellate Litigation Div., Cleveland, Ohio, Frederick H. McDonald, Asst. U.S. Atty., Patrick Foley, argued, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter J. Pitkin, argued, Toledo, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PORTER, Senior District Judge.


DAVID S. PORTER, Senior District Judge.

The United States appeals from an order suppressing an automatic handgun seized from Wayne Bell by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation following a frisk which occurred as a result of Bell's presence in an automobile with an individual being arrested on a felony warrant. Jurisdiction lies under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (1984). We reverse the suppression order and remand this case to the district court for further proceedings...

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