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U.S. v. MOORE

No. 86-5620.

817 F.2d 1105 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman Delano MOORE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Frank Hardaway, Columbia, S.C., on brief, for defendant-appellant.

John Robert Haley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, S.C., (Vinton D. Lide, U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

We address here the validity of a frisk by a policeman who arrived at the scene of a crime in response to a burglar alarm and hence without a description of the perpetrator. The pat-down revealed a weapon, and defendant Norman Delano Moore was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The district court denied his motion to suppress the weapon. Appellant then entered a conditional guilty plea, reserving his right to appeal...

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