U.S. v. LAWES

Docket No. 00-1707.

292 F.3d 123 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Martel LAWES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry H. Krantz, Krantz & Berman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Marianne Yen, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel Margolis, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, N.Y. (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Leslie C. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, and Ping C. Moy, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee.

Before: WINTER, McLAUGHLIN, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


Judge POOLER dissents in a separate opinion.

WINTER, Circuit Judge.

Martel Lawes appeals from his conviction by a jury before Judge Duffy for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, he argues that: (i) the district court should have suppressed the firearm as evidence because it was discovered in the course of an allegedly unlawful search; (ii) the district...

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