U.S. v. MEIDEL

No. 13-3251.

764 F.3d 844 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph Frank MEIDEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Hunt , Bandre Hunt & Snider, LLC, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Lawrence E. Miller , Asst. U.S. Atty., Jefferson City, MO ( Tammy Dickinson , U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Before BYE, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


KELLY, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Frank Meidel pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court1 sentenced him to 27 months' imprisonment. On appeal, Meidel challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of the firearm found on his person at the time of arrest. Because exigent circumstances permitted law enforcement's entrance onto...

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