United States Second Circuit

In a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from his car and residence is vacated and case is remanded where defendant's warrantless arrest for possession of a firearm was not supported by probable cause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2008
• Published 08/05/2008

Judges

• NEVAS, District Judge, sitting by designation:, Before:  CALABRESI and LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and NEVAS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Emily Berger, Assistant United States Attorney (Daniel A. Spector, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.