United States v. Vinson, No. 15-1363 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, defendant challenged the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court concluded that the stop of the SUV in which defendant was riding was supported by the personal observations of the officer which provided her with reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Further, the district court did not err in concluding that the officer's seizure of the handgun underneath the front seat fell within the plain view exception to the warrant requirement. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Murphy, Author, with Loken and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The stop of the vehicle in which defendant was riding was supported by reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was involved in a crime; handgun visible through an open door was in plain view of the officer and could be seized under the plain view exception to the warrant requirement.
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