United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a motion to suppress where: 1) the district court did not clearly err in concluding exigent circumstances objectively justified a warrantless entry into defendant's apartment where shotgun blasts were heard; and 2) defendant's custody and the time lapse between the gunshots and the officers' entry did not eliminate the exigency of the situation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2007
• Published 08/23/2007

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John C. Vanderslice, Lincoln, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven A. Russell, AUSA, Lincoln, NE, for appellee.