United States v. Christopher Quezada

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

After being found with a shotgun, Christopher Quezada was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He moved to suppress the admission of the shotgun into evidence, arguing that the deputy sheriff who discovered the gun had no lawful basis for entering the apartment in which he found it. The district court 1 denied the motion, concluding that the entry was permissible under the deputy’s community caretaker function. Mr. Quezada appeals the denial of the suppression motion. We affirm.

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The Clay County, Missouri, Sheriffs Department…