U.S. v. BONDS

No. 86-8499.

829 F.2d 1072 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linzie Dillard BONDS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James I.K. Knapp, Jane E. Serene, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alton G. Hartley, Decatur, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and PROPST, District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court's order suppressing evidence of the seizure of a firearm. This appeal raises only one issue: whether the pat down or "frisk" of the defendant when he arrived at the scene of a police search, given all of the facts known to the police on the scene, violated the appellee's rights under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Finding that the...

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