Legal Opinion

United States v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 9, 2011No. 10-1237PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Following the district court’s 1 denial of Dion A. Brown’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of a vehicle in which Brown was a passenger, a jury found Brown guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced Brown to 78-months imprisonment. Brown appeals the denial of his motion to suppress, his conviction, and his sentence. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

On the evening of January 2, 2009, Brown, his girlfriend Tonia Murray, and his friend Johan Anderson were traveling westbound on Nebraska Highway 2 near Dunbar…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Arizona v. GantSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. United States v. Darrin Todd HaackCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  3. United States v. PerezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. United States v. Bret TschacherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  5. United States v. SchwarteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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