Legal Opinion
United States v. Cartwright
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 2010No. 10-1879PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Police pulled Dewayne Cartwright over for a traffic violation, arrested him when he failed to produce a driver’s license and gave a false name, then searched the car incident to his arrest, locating a gun in the back seat. Charged with possessing a firearm as a felon, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), Cartwright moved to suppress the firearm, relying on Arizona v. Gant, -U.S.-, 129 S.Ct. 1710, 173 L.Ed.2d 485 (2009), a decision that came down subsequent to his arrest and which narrowed the scope of a permissible automobile search incident to arrest. The district court held an…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Arizona v. GantSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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3Cited by42 opinions
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