United States v. Joseph L. Cellitti

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Cellitti pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after sustaining a felony conviction, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), while reserving the right to challenge on appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We now vacate and remand.

Background

Police in Rockford, Illinois, received a call in the early morning hours of August 13, 2002, that a man with a gun was threatening people on Gilbert Avenue. The first officer to respond, Harold Combs, encountered three people hiding behind a building. One of them, James Singleton, told Officer Combs that he had…