U.S. v. PONTOO

No. 10-2455.

666 F.3d 20 (2011)

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

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Griffin , by appointment of the court, for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey , Assistant United States Attorney (Appellate Chief), with whom Thomas E. Delahanty II , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Gregory Pontoo stands convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He asserts that the police stopped him on the street without reasonable suspicion and arrested him without probable cause. These infringements, he says, demand suppression of the weapon seized in the incident and dismissal of the charge against him. We think not.

I. BACKGROUND

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