United States v. Mark Lamond Willis

431 F.3d 709 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark Lamond WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 04-10079. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 8, 2004. Filed December 19, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Anne R. Traum, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendant-appellant. Andrew W. Duncan (argued) and Thomas S. Dougherty, Assistant United States Attorneys, Las Vegas, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-03-00157-MP/LRL. Before: KOZINSKI, W. FLETCHER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. BYBEE, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellant Mark Lamond Willis appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence following his conditional guilty plea for violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g) and 924(a)(2), felon in possession of a firearm and forfeiture of the firearm. Willis moved to suppress the firearm found in his possession as the fruit of an illegal seizure. See U.S. CONST. amend. IV. Finding his arguments unpersuasive, we affirm the district court's denial of the motion to suppress evidence and affirm…