IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-10258
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOE DAVID FLORES, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:96-CR-35-1
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November 19, 1997
Before JONES, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Joe David Flores, Jr., appeals the district court’s denial
of his motion to suppress evidence and his subsequent conditional
guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a
firearm. Flores argues that his detention by law enforcement
officials was not a brief investigatory stop but was an arrest
requiring probable cause. Viewing the totality of the
circumstances in the light most favorable to the Government, the
district court did not err in determining that Flores’ detention
was an investigatory stop justified by a reasonable suspicion of
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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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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criminal activity. United States v. Gonzales, 79 F.3d 413, 419
(5th Cir.), cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 183 (1996); Terry v. Ohio,
392 U.S. 1, 18-20 (1968). Accordingly, the district court did
not err in denying the motion to suppress. Because we find that
Flores’ detention was a Terry stop justified by a reasonable
suspicion, we need not address Flores’ second point of error
regarding the district court’s determination that the search was
justified by the officers’ good-faith belief that the search
warrant they were executing also covered Flores.
AFFIRMED.