U.S. v. ROBERTS

No. 15-2642.

824 F.3d 1145 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. James P. ROBERTS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 8, 2016.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy S. Weis , Gaddy Weis LLC, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Bruce E. Clark , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO ( Tammy Dickinson , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, LOKEN and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


Police officers accidentally knocked open James Roberts's apartment door while looking for a potentially dangerous homicide suspect. Rather than stand in the open doorway as easy targets, the officers entered the apartment. They found a loaded handgun, some marijuana, and Roberts, who said something suggesting the gun was his...

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