U.S. v. COOPER

No. 97 CR. 733 DC.

984 F.Supp. 225 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America v. Thomas COOPER, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York by Joshua Berman, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, NY, for U.S.

Steven M. Statsinger, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, for Defendant Thomas Cooper.


OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

On June 25, 1997, defendant Thomas Cooper was a patron in a small grocery store in the Bronx. Federal agents entered to execute a warrant that authorized a search of the premises for firearms. The agents saw Cooper standing near the counter and they decided, for security reasons, to pat him down. When they did so, they discovered a loaded revolver in his possession. They therefore arrested him.

Cooper moves to suppress...

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