United States v. Dennis R. Szymkowiak

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• opining that the incriminating nature of the weapon was not immediately apparent where officer who saw gun in plain view had to call in serial numbers to determine whether possession of the gun was illegal
• suppressing assault rifle where the officers could not tell by looking at the rifle whether it was automatic
• decision to call in numbers and identification expert meant that criminal nature of goods not “immediately” apparent
• first citing Brown, 460 U.S. at 745–46 (Powell, J., concurring); and then citing United States v. Cortez, 449 U.S. 411, 418 (1981)
• first citing Brown, 460 U.S. at 745–46 (Powell, J., concurring); and then citing United States v. Cortez, 449 U.S. 411, 418 (1981)
• where officer who saw gun in plain view had to call in serial numbers to determine whether possession of the gun was illegal, the incriminating nature of the weapon was not immediately apparent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).