United States v. Gorham

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) v. ) ) Crim. Action No. 23-0206 (ABJ) STEVEN GORHAM, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In this case, Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) officers peered into the defendant’s unoccupied parked car with the aid of a handheld flashlight, observed a weapon, and forced the car open in order to recover it. Defendant’s attempt to suppress the firearm began as a vague smorgasbord of theories, but it eventually crystallized…