United States of America v. Charles D. Vick

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Description: Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with felony possession of a firearm.

In February 2023, police officers arrested Charlie Vick in a parking lot for domestic assault and
battery involving a firearm. Shortly after his arrest, the officers learned that the car that he had been driving, which
remained in the lot, was uninsured, unregistered, and had invalid license plates. They then waited until Vick's uncle attempted to drive away the car and stopped him almost immediately after he exited the parking lot. Following the stop, the officers impounded the car and conducted an inventory search before it was towed. The search turned up a gun, leading to Vick's federal charge for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1). The district court concluded that the officers had staged the impounding and that their "sole" motive for the search was investigatory. It thus ruled that the evidence found during the search -- the gun -- had to be suppressed.

Outcome: Reversed

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