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UNITED STATES v. ROLLERSON

No. 73-2363.

491 F.2d 1209 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Herbert Lee ROLLERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Harris, Corpus Christi, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U.S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Rollerson was convicted for knowingly possessing an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5845(a) and 5861(d). In this appeal, he raises three points of claimed error. First, he argues that the firearm was improperly admitted into evidence since it was obtained by police officers who unlawfully stopped his car solely on the basis of a complaint by a citizen, previously unknown to the police, that Rollerson had used the...

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