United States v. Sid Willis, Jr.
United States v. Sid Willis, Jr.
Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
In this consolidated appeal, Sid Willis, Jr. challenges .the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence in case number 3:12-cr-00292, and its imposition of a 60-month sentence for violating the terms of his supervised release in case number 3:02-cr-00120. 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The district court did not err in denying Willis’s motion to suppress. The detention of Willis that resulted in the officers’ discovery of the relevant evidence was a valid *697 investigatory stop under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). The aggressive means the officers used to stop Willis were justified and did not convert the detention into an arrest because the officers had information that Willis was currently armed, the stop closely followed a violent crime, and Willis fled upon seeing the officers’ vehicle. See United States v. Edwards, 761 F.3d 977, 982 (9th Cir. 2014); cf. Green v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, 751 F.3d 1039, 1047-48 (9th Cir. 2014). Willis concedes that the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop him. The stop therefore did not violate the Fourth Amendment. See Gallegos v. City of Los Angeles, 308 F.3d 987, 990-91 (9th Cir. 2002).
AFFIRMED.
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