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U.S. v. JACKSON

No. 96-3074.

113 F.3d 249 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wendell T. JACKSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Wright, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant, with whom A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, was on the briefs.

Eileen F. Sheehan, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher and Robert A. Spelke, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief.

Before: SILBERMAN, RANDOLPH, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant received a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act after the police, during an investigatory stop of the car he was driving, found a firearm in his possession. Jackson now contests both the reasonableness of the stop and his sentence. We affirm.

I.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. on August 1, 1995, two District of Columbia...

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