Legal Opinion

United States v. Luis Serrano

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 16, 2015No. 14-2949UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION *

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

Luis Serrano appeals his conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm as a felon under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). He challenges the denial of his suppression motion and the imposition of § 924(e)(l)’s mandatory fifteen-year minimum sentence. We will affirm.

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Responding to “numerous calls” of “persons with a gun” in Northeast Philadelphia, Philadelphia Police Sergeant Francis Barclay arrived at a crowded scene where police had already taken into custody a suspect with a gun. Sergeant Barclay and two other officers then stopped a man with a cane,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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