Legal Opinion
United States v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 2009No. Docket 07-3003-crPublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from a June 13, 2007 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Hellerstein, Judge) granting defendant-appellee Brett Stewart’s motion to suppress evidence from his trial for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which prohibits a felon from possessing a firearm. See United States v. Stewart, 491 F.Supp.2d 423, 430 (S.D.N.Y.2007). This appeal requires us to determine whether the District Court erred by suppressing evidence seized by the police pursuant to a traffic stop because (a) the police lacked…
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