Legal Opinion
United States v. Collins
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 16, 1994No. 94 Cr. 106 (KMW)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.
Defendant James Collins is charged with knowingly possessing a firearm in interstate commerce after having been convicted previously of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. He moves to suppress all evidence concerning the gun seized from him on the ground that the search violated his Fourth Amendment rights. A suppression hearing was held on July 7, 1994, and the parties submitted both pre- and post-hearing memoranda. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants the defendant’s motion to suppress.
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