United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a motion to suppress where the seizure of a gun from defendant at a mall was not contrary to the Fourth Amendment as an officer's initial encounter with defendant was consensual, and the officer lawfully seized the gun for safety purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2007
• Decided 05/22/2007
• Published 05/22/2007

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALFRED T. GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Milagros A. Cisneros, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. Lee, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.