U.S. v. AVILÉS-VEGA

No. 13-2362.

783 F.3d 69 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José Luis AVILÉS-VEGA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jedrick H. Burgos-Amador, for appellant.

Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, HOWARD and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


This case presents an unusual twist on the not uncommon question of whether to suppress the results of a search based on information of a firearms sighting provided by an individual unknown to the police who provides no self-identifying information.

Acting on information provided by an anonymous caller, police officers...

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