Legal Opinion
United States v. Justin Edwards
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 2014No. 13-3397PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Justin Edwards was indicted on federal gun charges after he was pulled over on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle and the police found a sawed-off shotgun in the car. Moments before the stop, his girlfriend had called 911 to report that Edwards had just stolen her car. A nearby officer heard dispatch, spotted the car, and initiated a traffic stop. Sure enough, Edwards was behind the wheel. He did not have a valid driver’s license, could not produce the vehicle’s registration, and was evasive about whether he had his girlfriend’s permission to drive the car, so the…
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