U.S. v. Hampton

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Confession
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 10-1479
Decision Date: 
March 27, 2012
Federal District: 
C.D. Ill.
Holding: 
Affirmed and vacated in part and remanded
In prosecution on unlawful possession of firearm charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress statements given to police after defendant initially invoked right to counsel. Record showed that police stopped questioning after defendant had initially invoked right to counsel and resumed questioning only after defendant had re-initiated interview and did not subsequently make clear invocation of right to counsel. Defendant, though, did not qualify as armed career criminal where his prior Ill. conviction on charge of making insulting or provoking physical contact with peace officer did not qualify as violent felony under Armed Career Criminal Act.