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U.S. v. TIRU-PLAZA

No. 13-1888.

766 F.3d 111 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José TIRU-PLAZA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Hayne Barnwell , with whom Rebecca A. Jacobstein , Office of Appellate Advocacy, was on brief, for appellant.

John A. Mathews II , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, DYK, and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant José Tiru-Plaza ("Tiru") appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the firearm discovered when a police officer pat-frisked him during a traffic stop.

After stopping a car — in which Tiru was a passenger — for a traffic infraction, officers from the Puerto Rico Police Department, evidently suspecting that the car might have been stolen, ordered the driver to exit the...

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