U.S. v. DOUGLAS

No. 13-1231.

744 F.3d 1065 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. John Joseph DOUGLAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Goetz , argued and on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Andrew Dunne , AUSA, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Andrew Dunne, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted John Joseph Douglas of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1) based on Douglas's possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun. Douglas appeals the district court's1 denial of his motion to suppress, arguing the search for, and seizure of, the shotgun violated the Fourth Amendment. We affirm.2

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