Legal Opinion
United States v. Gary Moorefield AKA Maurice Gordon
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 4, 1997No. 96-3563PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from a pre-trial order suppressing evidence in a criminal prosecution. Specifically, the Government seeks to reverse the district court’s suppression of a firearm that was found in the possession of passenger-defendant Gary Moorefield after the car in which he was riding was stopped for a routine traffic violation.
Moorefield argues that the pistol must be suppressed for two reasons. First, he submits that the police officers involved in the traffic stop unlawfully ordered him and the driver to remain in the car with their…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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