UNITED STATES v. MORENO

No. 19-3483.

988 F.3d 1027 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Connie Estrella MORENO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory D. Artis, Jr. , Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, District of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, John J. Schoettle , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jennifer L. Gilg , Michael Hansen , Assistant Federal Public Defender, David R. Stickman , Federal Public Defender, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellant.

Connie Estrella Moreno, Pro Se.

Before BENTON, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


Connie Estrella Moreno appeals the district court's1 denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized as a result of a protective frisk. Because Sergeant Meola performed a lawful, protective search based on reasonable articulable suspicion that Moreno may have been armed, we affirm.

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