U.S. v. LAWSHEA

No. 05-4098.

461 F.3d 857 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles LAWSHEA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2006.

As Amended August 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Miller (argued), Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan E. Hawley, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, John Taylor (argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Lawshea was charged with being felon in possession of a firearm. He filed a motion to suppress the firearm, which was denied, and then entered a conditional guilty plea. The denial of his motion to suppress is the subject of this appeal.

At the motion to suppress hearing, Danville Police Officer Terry McCord testified that at 11:45 p.m. on October 24, 2004, he was on patrol in his marked squad car in the Danville Housing Authority's Fair...

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