The citizen informant's tip that he had seen a white man down the block, wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans, place a silver handgun near his ankle, provided the police with a common law right to inquire when they immediately sighted a person matching the description, and with reasonable suspicion to conduct a stop and frisk when, in approaching defendant without speaking or making any threatening gestures, they observed a bulge around defendant's ankle (see,...
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