Quintana
United States v. Quintana
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Alexander Quintana appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.
The district court did not err in denying Quintana’s motion to suppress. Investigatory stops are permissible “if the officer has a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity may be afoot.” United States v. Berber-Tinoco, 510 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir.2007) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). The “reasonable suspicion” required for a Terry stop may be satisfied by the collective knowledge of the police officers. See United States v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221, 229-32 , 105 S.Ct. 675 , 83 L.Ed.2d 604 (1985); Guerra v. Sutton, 783 F.2d 1371, 1375 (9th Cir.1986) (“Law enforcement officers and agencies are entitled to rely on one another to a certain extent.”). The officer who stopped Quintana had specific and articulable facts justifying a reasonable suspicion that the occupant of the vehicle was its owner and had committed a crime. Another police officer had observed the vehicle currently registered to a person known by the officer to recently have outstanding warrants. The driver of the…