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E.D.Mo.: Meeting in defendant's house was nonconfrontational and voluntary

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Meeting with the defendant in his house was consensual and nonconfrontational. The defendant was asked to provide fingerprints, and he did. The officer asked about guns and the defendant admitted there were guns in the house. Some were locked in a gun safe for which he didn’t have the key. One was in a soft case which he showed the officer which was not seized at the time. United States v. Alcorn, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45817 (E.D. Mo. April 15, 2010).* Defendant got out of his car and was walking when the officer approached him to talk. He was stopped by the officer. The officer, however, had reasonable suspicion that defendant was involved in a robbery, and the stop continued lawfully. United States v. Rush, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46824 (D...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 14, 2010 (boomark / email).