Legal Opinion
United States v. Devontay Sawyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2019No. 18-2923PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
St. Eve, Circuit Judge.
Devontay Sawyer entered a conditional guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g), preserving for this direct appeal his challenge to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Sawyer contests the search of his backpack, which he left inside a home that he had entered unlawfully. The police found guns inside the backpack. The district court denied the motion to suppress, concluding that Sawyer, as a trespasser, had no legitimate expectation of privacy in the house and therefore none in the unattended backpack. We agree with the district court…
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