United States v. Joe Philip Maestas

KING, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Joe Philip Maestas of being a convicted felon who knowingly and unlawfully possessed a firearm in and affecting interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Maes-tas raises two arguments on appeal. First, he contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress the firearm because the police officer had insufficient cause to perform a warrantless search. Second, he contends that the introduction at trial, of evidence that he pled guilty in state court to a misdemeanor for carrying the same firearm that was…