United States v. Adams

OPINION

DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Wilbur Adams, Jr. (“Adams”) was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924. On appeal, Adams argues that the district court erred by: (1) failing to suppress the firearm at issue because it was discovered pursuant to an unconstitutional search of his jacket; (2) concluding that Adams validly waived his Miranda rights and therefore failing to suppress Adams’s inculpatory statements to the police; and (3) failing to instruct the jury that Adams’s confession…