UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 72-2562.

470 F.2d 1120 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Henry BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Kuhn (argued), Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Bruce D. Carter, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Susan Barnes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HAMLIN and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant John Henry Brown was convicted by the court, sitting without a jury, of possession of an unregistered firearm, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. He was sentenced to imprisonment.

At a pretrial hearing, Brown moved to suppress the introduction into evidence of the unregistered weapon in question, a sawed-off shotgun, which was obtained by police officers from the vehicle Brown was driving after he had...

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