Legal Opinion
United States v. Romain
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 2004No. 04-1297PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Faced with criminal charges related to his possession of a firearm and ammunition, defendant-appellant Carl S. Romain, Jr. moved to suppress those artifacts. After the district court denied his motion, the appellant entered a conditional guilty plea, reserving the right to challenge that order. He now appeals, importuning us to hold that the police obtained the firearm and ammunition in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.
In mounting this challenge, the appellant contests the constitutionality both of the officers’ entry onto certain premises and of their ensuing…
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