UNITED STATES v. SOLVEN

No. 74-1750.

512 F.2d 1059 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William A. SOLVEN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1975.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Weinstein, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Richard A. Heidenry, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

William A. Solven was convicted of possessing a firearm, a sawed-off shotgun, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, and unlawfully receiving a firearm, a revolver, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1202(a)(1). He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the weapons which were seized in a warrantless search from the trunk of a car driven by Solven. We disagree with Solven and affirm.

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