United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of his home in a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over claims that probable cause and exigent circumstances did not exist to support an officer's visual search of a duplex through the back door or another officer's entry into the residence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2006
• Published 09/19/2006

Judges

• DOTY, District Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and DOTY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David R. Mercer, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, argued, Springfield, MO, (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip M. Koppe, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Kansas City, MO, (Bradley J. Schlozman, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo, Christopher M. Nielson, Spec. Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, on the brief), for appellee.