United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a motion to suppress where the initial encounter between defendant and the police was consensual or, alternatively, was supported by reasonable suspicion, and his consent to search was voluntary.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/26/2006
• Decided 01/10/2007
• Published 01/10/2007

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy Bergeson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellant., Frank Noonan, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.