United States v. Maple

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jerome Maple contends that D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Officer James McCourt’s decision to open a closed compartment in Maple’s car to relocate a cellular phone while securing the vehicle was an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment. He also raises a Second Amendment challenge to his conviction under D.C. law for unlicensed gun possession, an argument he did not make below. We affirm the conviction. Officer…