Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry L. Petty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2004No. 03-3388PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Petty was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Petty moved to suppress two handguns found during an inventory search of a rental car on the ground that the car was impounded in violation of the Fourth Amendment. After the district court 1 denied Petty’s motion, Petty entered a conditional guilty plea, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his suppression motion. We affirm.
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In the early morning hours of August 19, 2002, Officer James Helton of the Kansas City, Missouri, police…
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