In a ruling that is sure to hearten attorneys defending illegal-weapons cases, a federal judge in Newark says police officers violated the Fourth Amendment by a warrantless “stop and frisk” of a suspect on a city street, even though he gave his consent.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Greenaway Jr. on Tuesday granted a motion to suppress a handgun that was the sole evidence in the prosecution of Ronald Crandell for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(1).
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