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United States v. Marquis Leval Cotton

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 6, 2015No. 14-1428PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

As Marquis Cotton was attempting to enter an apartment complex, two police .officers stopped him and searched him. They found a gun in Cotton’s waistband and arrested him for illegally possessing a firearm. Cotton filed a motion to suppress the evidence, and the district court 1 rejected it. Cotton pleaded guilty to illegally possessing the firearm but reserved his right to appeal the suppression issue. Because the officers conducted a constitutionally permissible seizure, the district court correctly denied Cotton’s motion to suppress. We affirm.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. United States v. Kenneth Wayne BeckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States of America v. Clayton Anthony DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. United States v. Anthony CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
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  5. United States v. Eric WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2022

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