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United States v. Alexander Faulkner

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 27, 2016No. 15-2252, 15-2286PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Alexander Faulkner appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress evidence, his conviction for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and his 280-month sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 2013, Minneapolis Police Department officers received a tip from a Confidential Reliable Informant (CRI), with whom they had previously worked successfully, that Faulkner was dealing heroin in the Twin Cities. The CRI personally informed the officers that Faulkner had been traveling to and from Chicago…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by21 opinions

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