United States v. Candelario Jimenez
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Defendant-Appellant Candelario Hernandez Jimenez challenges the denial of his motion to suppress two firearms that the Yakima Police Department (‘YPD”) officers found tucked inside the waistband of his pants while conducting a Terry frisk. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
1. Jimenez argues that YPD officers Saldana and Johnson did not have reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop and frisk, based on the information conveyed to them by the 911 dispatcher, because that information was too unreliable. “Reasonable suspicion requires ‘specific, articulable facts’ which, together with ‘objective and reasonable’ inferences, form a basis for suspecting that a particular person is engaged in criminal conduct.” United States v. Thomas, 211 F.3d 1186, 1189 (9th Cir. 2000) (quoting United States v. Hernandez-Alvarado, 891 F.2d 1414, 1416 (9th Cir.1989)). To determine whether the officers had sufficient, reliable information on which to formulate reasonable suspicion, we analyze the totality of the circumstances, including the “quality” and the “quantity” of the information. See United States v. Rowland, 464 F.3d 899, 907 (9th Cir.2006).