U.S. v. WRIGHT

No. 08-1063.

582 F.3d 199 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gregory WRIGHT, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin, with whom Michelle Menken and Rankin & Sultan, were on brief for appellant.

Randall E. Kromm, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, former United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This is the second appeal concerning a Terry stop which resulted in the entry of a conditional guilty plea by appellant Gregory Wright for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In the Terry stop at issue, Boston police officers recovered a gun from Wright's sweatshirt pocket after Wright was observed leaning forward from the backseat of a car to identify the officers, quickly exiting and running...

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