A judge’s decision to suppress a gun and marijuana uncovered by Rochester police during a street stop for an open container of beer has been reversed by a Manhattan federal appeals court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the finding of a lower court that police stopped defendant Laverne Singletary on no more than a “hunch,” and violated the Fourth Amendment by seizing the contraband.
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