United States v. Hawkins

Appeal from the United States District Court from the District of Minnesota. Submitted: May 9, 2000 The police obtained a warrant to search a duplex. Bobby Glen Hawkins, a three-time felon, resided in the duplex's lower-level unit. As the police assembled outside the duplex to execute the search, one officer saw Hawkins emerge from the duplex. Hawkins made eye contact with the officer and then walked away. As Hawkins walked, the officer saw him reach into his pants, pull out a gun, and drop the gun in a snowbank. Hawkins was arrested, tried before a jury, and convicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, Hawkins contends the search warrant was defective, and that the district court 1 committed two evidentiary errors at trial. We affirm.