Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 2013No. 13-1256PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Darius Howard pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), but he reserved his right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. On appeal Howard challenges both the denial of his motion to suppress and his sentence.
We affirm both the denial of the motion to suppress and the sentence. The police had sufficient reason to stop Howard briefly in the course of making a potentially dangerous arrest of Howard’s associate on…
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