United States v. Matthew Arnold Patzer

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Matthew Patzer was convicted of five counts of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)); three counts of unlawful manufacture of a firearm (26 U.S.C. § 5861(f)); three counts of possession of an unregistered firearm (26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)); and one count of possession of a firearm not identified by a serial number (26 U.S.C. § 5861(i)). He appeals the district court’s denial of his Motion to Suppress. We agree that Patzer’s arrest was not lawful, and that the unlawful arrest tainted the statements and other evidence…