United States v. Keele

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

James Robert Keele was convicted by a jury of being a drug user in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2) and was sentenced to three years probation. He appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during the search of his home. We affirm.

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On July 19, 2007, Keele was involved in a single car accident on Highway 61 between the cities of Muscatine and Davenport in Iowa when his car veered off the road and into a steep ditch. A witness to the accident, Tina Elliott, pulled over to help and…