United States v. Stewart

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE

HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.

Defendant Brett Stewart was charged in a one-count indictment dated December 19, 2006 with violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which prohibits the possession of a firearm that has been transported in interstate commerce by persons having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment that exceeds one year. On January 29, 2007, Defendant filed a motion to suppress physical evidence seized and statements elicited from him by police officers when the officers stopped the taxicab…