United States v. Nicholas J. McWeeney

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Nicholas J. McWeeney appeals his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) (being a felon in possession of a firearm). He assigns error to the denial of his motion to suppress. Because the district court did not make a finding with respect to coercion, we vacate the judgment of conviction and remand the case to the district court with instructions to conduct an evidentiary hearing consistent with this opinion.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On December 2, 2002, Officer Andrew Walsh of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department noticed a white…