United States v. Gordon, No. 12-2050 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant conditionally pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the firearm recovered from his vehicle during a traffic stop. The court concluded that the officer had reasonable suspicion that defendant had violated traffic laws warranting the stop of the vehicle and the court need not address any of the other exceptions to the warrant requirement. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. Traffic stop was lawful as officers had reasonable suspicion to believe that defendant had violated traffic laws; officer discovered a firearm during a valid search of defendant's vehicle incident to his arrest, and the gun was admissible.
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