U.S. v. VASQUEZ

No. 07-2796.

544 F.3d 348 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael VASQUEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Reddington, for appellant.

Sara Miron Bloom, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Rafael Vasquez appeals from his conviction for drug and gun offenses. Based on evidence at the suppression hearing and trial, a brief sketch of the background events is as follows.

On December 13, 2005, acting on a tip regarding a likely drug delivery, police officers stopped a car near the parking lot of a restaurant in Fall River, Massachusetts, and ordered the occupants to exit. As Vasquez exited from the passenger side, he told the...

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