United States v. Mays, No. 08-5374 (6th Cir. 2011)
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Defendant, convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) appealed denial of a motion to suppress. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, holding that under the totality of the circumstances, officers’ suspicions that the defendant was armed and a danger to them was reasonable. The detention and search occurred at a location where officers had been recently informed that a black man was selling drugs; defendant initially approached the officers in a calm way, but his demeanor subsequently changed once he realized they were police; defendant acted nervously, "like a deer at headlights;" defendant turned away from the officers as if
to leave; and defendant frantically dug his hands into his pockets and would not remove them.
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