Legal Opinion
United States v. Stokes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 20, 2013No. Docket 12-2843-crPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Following a bench trial on stipulated facts, Defendant Vaughn Stokes was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of firearms by convicted felons, and 18 U.S.C. § 922(o )(1), which criminalizes the possession of a machine gun by any person. 2 Stokes appeals, contending that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress the firearms, which were discovered after a warrantless entry into Stokes’s motel room. As this case comes to us, the government concedes that Stokes did not consent to the search, that no arrest or…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kentucky v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Herring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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3Cited by29 opinions
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