United States v. Anthony Hylton, Jr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-10026 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:17-cr-00086-

HDM-NJK-

ANTHONY DELANO HYLTON, JR.,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 11, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed April 5, 2022

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Mark J. Bennett, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

In a case in which the defendant was convicted on two counts of armed bank robbery and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, the panel affirmed the district court’s orders denying (1) a motion to suppress evidence of a gun found in the defendant’s vehicle during a traffic stop, (2) a motion for judgment of acquittal, and (3) a motion to dismiss the firearm counts.

Affirming the denial of the suppression motion in which the defendant argued that officers unreasonably prolonged the traffic stop, the panel held that a criminal history check…