United States v. Cody Nowak

Cody Allen Nowak was convicted of being a-felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court 1 denied his motion to suppress. After entering a conditional plea of guilty, Nowak was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release. Nowak appeals the denial of his motion to suppress, alleging that police officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights by searching his backpack without a warrant. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and finding no error, we affirm.

I. Background

On August 7, 2014, Nowak asked his friend…