United States v. Hill, No. 13-60095 (5th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony. The court concluded that the totality of the circumstances - including defendant's brisk departure from his car and the circumstances that transpired during the seconds between her exit and the officer's seizure of him - did not amount to articulable facts from which an officer could reasonably suspect that defendant was engaged in criminal activity. Accordingly, the seizure violated defendant's Fourth Amendment rights under Terry v. Ohio and the court vacated the conviction and sentence.
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