United States v. Frankie Moffitt

Type

Opinion

Author

Eric L. Clay

Filed

Sept. 23, 2025

Case

United States v. Frankie Moffitt

Case status

Decided

The first passage of the document, as extracted by the source provider.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0433n.06 No. 24-5536 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Sep 23, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN FRANKIE L. MOFFITT, ) DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY ) Defendant-Appellant. ) OPINION ) Before: CLAY, GIBBONS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges. CLAY, Circuit Judge. Defendant Frankie Moffitt was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Prior to his guilty plea, the district court denied Moffitt’s motion to suppress evidence discovered in his car after law enforcement officers pulled him over for a traffic violation. Moffitt argues on appeal that the district court committed a reversible error by denying his motion to suppress. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court. I. BACKGROUND Moffitt’s conviction for unlawful firearm possession stems from a local law enforcement officer’s discovery of a pisto…

Source Extract supplied by CourtListener. Benchlight does not host the document — read the authoritative text in the court's own PDF.