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U.S. v. TAYLOR

No. 10-4234.

624 F.3d 626 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin M. TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul Geoffrey Gill , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke , Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael S. Nachmanoff , Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Michael A. Jagels , Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON and Judge CONRAD joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a police officer's efforts to reunite an abandoned four-year-old girl with her parents. We agree with the district court that the officer's actions were objectively reasonable and justified by the exigent circumstances stemming from her abandonment. Because the officer discovered Melvin Taylor and the firearm he was not permitted to possess in the course of a reasonable and commendable attempt to locate...

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