U.S. v. Burgess

In prosecution on unlawful possession of firearms charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in suppressing defendant’s gun seized from black car in which defendant was passenger, even though defendant argued that police lacked reasonable suspicion to justify stop of said car. Police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant’s vehicle where: (1) just minutes prior to stop, police received multiple reports of gunfire coming from black vehicle; (2) reports of gunfire concerned dangerous crime in instant urban area; and (3) stop occurred one mile from location of gunfire at time when there was only light traffic during late night hour, and when defendant’s vehicle matched color description of car that was subject of reports.