082511P.pdf   02/02/2009  United States  v.  Warren Patrick Banks, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2511
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bright, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. Officers observed defendant committing
   a petty misdemeanor and this was sufficient to establish reasonable,
   articulable suspicion of criminal activity, thereby justifying the officers'
   decision to make an investigatory Terry stop; officers' actions in directing
   defendant to stop and approach were reasonably related in scope to the
   misdemeanor offense; several factors showed a reasonable officer would
   have concluded defendant was armed and dangerous, and officers did not
   violate the Fourth Amendment by conducting a protective frisk; district
   court did not err in denying defendant's motion to exclude the names of
   his prior felony offenses as the information was relevant to establishing
   the elements of the offense of felon in possession of a firearm and the
   information did not unfairly prejudice the jury against him, especially in
   light of the court's limiting instruction.