Legal Opinion

United States v. Phillip Anthony Roberts

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 4, 2015No. 14-2524PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Phillip Roberts was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court 1 found Roberts guilty after a bench trial. Roberts appeals his conviction and sentence, and we affirm.

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On July 23, 2012, a federal grand jury indicted Phillip Roberts for one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Before trial, Roberts moved to suppress a handgun and marijuana that the police recovered from the center console of his car as well as a statement he made to a police sergeant after his arrest. A magistrate judge 2 held a…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. Lawrence WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. Stanley Mosley, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2022
  4. United States v. Christopher MartinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2021
  5. United States v. Kenneth Melvin VinsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015

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