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U.S. v. MEECE

No. 09-1211.

580 F.3d 616 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adam MEECE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita M. Rumbelow (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William R. Jones (argued), Jones Law Firm, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

After police arrested Adam Meece, they obtained consent from his girlfriend, Jami Lee, to search the home the couple shared. The search revealed two handguns and Meece was charged and convicted of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. Meece claims that his arrest was unlawful and that news of the arrest startled Lee into consenting to the search, so that the district court should have granted his...

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