US v. Randolph, No. 10-1907

Felon in Possession Conviction Affirmed

In US v. Randolph, No. 10-1907, the court affirmed defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm where 1) failing to signal a turn, in violation of the law, was sufficient probable cause to support a traffic stop; 2) the search at issue was lawful under Arizona v. Gant because defendant's vehicle contained evidence of the firearm offense; and 3) in any event, defendant had no standing to contest the search.

As the court wrote:  "Joshua Randolph entered a conditional plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He appeals from the district court's¹ denial of his motion to suppress evidence, contending that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police officers initiated a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion to do so and unlawfully searched the vehicle he had been driving. We affirm."

Related Resources

• Read the Eighth Circuit's Decision in US v. Randolph, No. 10-1907