United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun are affirmed in part where, even if knock-and-announce violation and other aspects of a search amounted to Fourth Amendment violations, suppression was not warranted. However, the judgment is reversed in part and vacated in part as to the sentence, as the convictions were multiplicitous and material errors were made at sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/27/2006
• Decided 06/19/2007
• Published 06/19/2007

Judges

• Before:  STEPHEN REINHARDT, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender, Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellant., Richard A. Friedman, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellee.