Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Santos Garcia Tavares
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2000No. 99-3654PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Santos Garcia Tavares conditionally pled guilty to possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1994 & Supp. IV 1998), reserving the right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained in connection with a search of his house by state and federal authorities on March 6, 1998. Because the searching officers violated 18 U.S.C. § 3109 (1994), we reverse and instruct the district court to vacate Tavares’s guilty plea and grant his motion to suppress.
On the morning of March 6, 1998, Sergeant Michael Drews of the St. Paul…
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