United States v. Phillip Daniel Morton

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Phillip Daniel Morton appeals his conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, defendant argues that (1) the District Court erred by failing to suppress the firearm evidence because it was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and (2) the District Court erred by sentencing defendant to fifteen years under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) because defendant’s two prior state convictions on which the District Court based its sentence were not for serious offenses. For the reasons stated below,…