United States v. Hayden, No. 13-2291 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon and subsequently appealed the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the firearm. The court concluded that the magistrate judge did not abuse her discretion by holding an additional suppression hearing to allow the government to introduce additional evidence before the district court ruled on defendant's motions. Further, the district court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the firearm obtained during the stop where the seizure of defendant did not violate the Fourth Amendment because the totality of the circumstances gave the officers reasonable suspicion to conclude that a crime of burglary was likely to happen.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. The magistrate judge did not err in reopening the suppression hearing to permit the government to introduce additional evidence; no error in denying the motion to suppress as defendant's seizure and search was justified by a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot.
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