Legal Opinion
United States v. Haskins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 26, 2007No. 06-1438PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A wild night at Dena’s Pub, a local nightclub in Gary, Indiana, ended prematurely when police arrived on the scene and confiscated drugs and firearms from Dena’s patrons and employees. One employee was Dwayne Haskins, who worked as a security guard at Dena’s. Police took Haskins’ firearm but later returned it because he lawfully possessed it. Police also inadvertently gave Haskins a Beretta .40-caliber pistol. Not one to “look a gift horse in the mouth” (as he later put it), Haskins accepted the weapon, although it was not his. He later sold the Beretta to Darryl Eller,…
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