United States v. David McCraw United States of America v. James Mathis

BULLOCK, District Judge:

The questions before the court on this appeal are whether the district court erred in denying appellants McCraw’s and Mathis’s motions to suppress evidence allegedly obtained as the fruit of illegal arrests. Because we conclude that the arrest of appellant McCraw was consistent with the requirements of the fourth amendment, we affirm the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. However, we conclude that the warrantless arrest of appellant *226Mathis in his hotel room was in violation of the fourth amendment. Therefore, we reverse the order of the district court…