{"id":18397,"date":"2015-08-10T07:12:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=18397"},"modified":"2015-08-10T07:12:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:12:47","slug":"vi-arrest-for-possession-of-an-unlicensed-firearm-required-knowledge-that-the-defendant-had-no-license-not-just-that-he-possessed-a-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=18397","title":{"rendered":"VI:  Arrest for possession of an unlicensed firearm required knowledge that the defendant had no license, not just that he possessed a firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s arrest for possession of an unlicensed firearm in the Territory required knowledge that the defendant had no license, not just that he possessed a firearm. Motion to suppress granted. People v. Pryce, 2015 V.I. LEXIS 91 (Super.Ct. July 27, 2015).<\/p>\n<p>The search of defendant\u2019s cell phone was a year and a half before Riley, but Riley applies because the case is still pending. The government relied on consent, but the court finds that it did not sustain its burden. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visuperiorcourt.org\/opinions\/pdfs\/ST-13-CR-F249.pdf\">People v. Colon<\/a>, 2015 V.I. LEXIS 94 (Super.Ct. August 5, 2015).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s arrest for possession of an unlicensed firearm in the Territory required knowledge that the defendant had no license, not just that he possessed a firearm. Motion to suppress granted. People v. Pryce, 2015 V.I. LEXIS 91 (Super.Ct. July 27, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=18397\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cell-phones","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18399,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397\/revisions\/18399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}