United States v. Godbey

MEMORANDUM **

Norman J. Godbey III was convicted after a bench trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possessing a stolen firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) & (j). Godbey claims that the district court should have suppressed evidence of the weapon because the Yellowstone County Sheriffs department discovered it in his possession only by making an allegedly unconstitutional warrantless entry into Leon Harlson’s residence and performing an allegedly unjustified pat-down search on Godbey. We hold that the police justifiably entered the residence in order to execute an arrest…