STATE v. HOUSTON

No. CX-02-371.

654 N.W.2d 727 (2003)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Verdel Lance HOUSTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Thomas A. Weist, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

John M. Stuart, Minnesota Public Defender, Sara L. Martin, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge, MINGE, Judge, and HUSPENI, Judge.


OPINION

MINGE, Judge

Appellant seeks review of his felony conviction, arguing, inter alia, that the police officers did not have a reasonable, articulable suspicion to stop appellant and seize evidence and that the jury should have been given a specific instruction that "fleeting" control of a firearm does not constitute possession. We affirm.

FACTS

At 2:00 a.m. on April 19, 2001, Minneapolis police officers Brian Thureson and Stephen McBride...

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