United States v. Kenneth Melvin Vinson

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

A St. Cloud police officer stopped a white SUV driving in her direction shortly after a reported shooting. During the stop, two handguns were seized from the SUV. Kenneth Vinson moved to suppress the evidence. The magistrate judge 1 recommended that the motion be denied, and the district court 2 so ordered. Vinson then entered a conditional plea of guilty to the charge of felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), reserving his right to appeal the denial of his suppression motion. Vinson now appeals, and we affirm.

On February 2, 2014 police…