UNITED STATES v. BOLTON

No. 71-2164.

458 F.2d 377 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dana Hyrum M. BOLTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bettencourt, Deputy Public Defender (argued), Brook Hart, Public Defender, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant.

Harold M. Fong, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Robert K. Fukuda, U. S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRILL, KILKENNY and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant stands convicted of possession of an unregistered machine gun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).

The sole question presented on appeal is the sufficiency of the affidavit on the basis of which a search warrant issued resulting in recovery of the gun. Appellant contends the affidavit's showing of cause depended entirely on information of an informant whose reliability did not sufficiently appear.

We disagree. Reliability...

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