Legal Opinion

United States v. Lawlor

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 27, 2005No. 04-2044PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

On the morning of May 29, 2003, Maine State Police Trooper Thomas Fiske (“Fiske”) went to the residence of Appellant Christopher Lawlor (“Lawlor”) to investigate a report of a gunshot and an altercation between two men at the house, one of whom proved to be Lawlor. After arriving at the scene and subduing the two men, Fiske conducted a warrantless search of the residence and found a shotgun. Lawlor was then formally arrested and later charged with making an unregistered, short barreled shotgun, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(f), 5871, and possession of such a…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Maryland v. BuieSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. United States v. TiboltCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by45 opinions

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  5. United States v. Delgado-PerezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017

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