Legal Opinion

United States v. Norman Russell Baker, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 7, 1988No. 87-3058PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Norman Russell Baker, Jr. appeals his conviction and subsequent sentence to 15 years imprisonment as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a). 1 We affirm.

On October 27, 1986, while on duty, Sgt. Klier of the Clackamas County Sheriffs Office observed a 1972 Chevrolet which lacked a hood, had a high-rise manifold, two four-barrel carburetors and an air scoop. Klier began following, and then stopped the vehicle. Klier’s expressed basis for the stop was that the car’s exhaust was “excessively and unreasonably loud.”

Baker got out of the car. When asked for his…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. United States v. Arnold Sherlock and Ronald CharleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. United States v. Kevin J. SherbondyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  3. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard BONAT, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  4. United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Mark Hirsch HorodnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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