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Summary: Case: 17-50879 Document: 00514592746 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/09/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-50879 United States Court of Appeals Summary Calendar Fifth Circuit FILED August 9, 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. ANDRE MORENO O’BRIEN, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:17-CR-142-1 Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: *
Summary: Case: 17-50879 Document: 00514592746 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/09/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-50879 United States Court of Appeals Summary Calendar Fifth Circuit FILED August 9, 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. ANDRE MORENO O’BRIEN, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:17-CR-142-1 Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * A..
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Case: 17-50879 Document: 00514592746 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/09/2018
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-50879 United States Court of Appeals
Summary Calendar
Fifth Circuit
FILED
August 9, 2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
ANDRE MORENO O’BRIEN,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 1:17-CR-142-1
Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Andre Moreno O’Brien was convicted of one count each of felon in
possession of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, making a
firearm without approval, and possession of a firearm without a serial number.
He was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison and a three-year term of
supervised release. Now, he challenges the district court’s denial of his motion
to suppress, arguing that police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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because he did not bear a sufficient resemblance to the man for whom they
were looking.
On an appeal from the denial of a suppression motion, the district court’s
factual findings are reviewed for clear error. United States v. Wise,
877 F.3d
209, 215 (5th Cir. 2017). A factual finding is clearly erroneous if review of the
record leaves the “definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been
committed.”
Id. (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). The evidence
presented at a pre-trial hearing on a motion to suppress is viewed in the light
most favorable to the prevailing party and should be affirmed “if there is any
reasonable view of the evidence to support it.” United States v. Michelletti,
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F.3d 838, 841 (5th Cir. 1994) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
Conclusions of law resulting from factual findings, however, including whether
reasonable suspicion existed for a stop, are reviewed de novo. United States v.
Inocencio,
40 F.3d 716, 721 (5th Cir. 1994).
Our review of the record shows no clear error in the district court’s
factual determination that O’Brien bore a sufficient resemblance to the man
described by two women who reported disturbances in the area. See
Wise, 877
F.3d at 215. Moreover, O’Brien has not shown error in the district court’s
ultimate finding that the officers had reasonable suspicion for the stop. The
district court found that the reports of the two callers—one reporting a verbal
altercation with a man and another reporting a man following her car in the
same area—created the reasonable suspicion that the man identified by the
callers was wandering about the area potentially seeking to commit a crime.
We agree. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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