United States v. Stoltz, No. 11-3695 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Defendant of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant appealed, asserting that the district court erroneously denied his motion to suppress and excluded prior convictions of a government witness under Fed. R. Evid. 609. Defendant also argued that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err when it denied Defendant's motion to suppress; (2) the district court did not erroneously exclude two prior convictions of a government witness under Rule 609; and (3) there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. No error in denying motion to suppress as officers did not violate defendant's Fourth Amendment rights when they asked him to exit his vehicle following a lawful traffic stop and the subsequently-issued search warrant covered a search of defendant's wallet; district court did not err in ruling a witness's two prior convictions were inadmissible under Rule 609; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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