United States v. Santiago

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Rodney Santiago (“Santiago”) appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress firearms discovered in a search of. his residence and a written statement, which resulted in his conditional guilty-plea conviction for two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) 1 and 924(a)(2) 2 . For the reasons set forth below, because we find that the search of the home was lawful and the written statement was voluntarily rendered, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Santiago had previously…