United States v. Vaccaro

Barrett, Circuit Judge.

Travis Vaccaro entered a conditional guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), preserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the gun. Vaccaro contests both *434the pat-down search that occurred seconds after police officers pulled over his car and the search of the car that yielded the gun. The pat-down was lawful under Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). The sweep of the car, which the district court upheld under Michigan v. Long , 463 U.S. 1032, 103 S.Ct. 3469, 77 L.Ed.2d 1201 (1983), is a…