Coleman v. United States

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

This appeal follows appellant’s conviction in a nonjury trial for carrying a pistol without a license, 1 failure to register a firearm, 2 and possession of unregistered ammunition. 3 Prior to the trial, appellant’s motion to suppress evidence was denied by the court following an evidentiary hearing, and appellant assigns this ruling as his only ground for overturning the decision below. We agree that the court erred in refusing to suppress the evidence, and thus reverse the conviction.

The issue raised at the suppression hearing was the lawfulness of a prolonged police…