UNITED STATES v. TRUITT

No. 75-1188.

521 F.2d 1174 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmie TRUITT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

August 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard Cox, III, Louisville, Ky. (Court-appointed C.J.A.), for defendant-appellant.

George J. Long, U. S. Atty., James H. Barr, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK and ENGEL, Circuit Judges and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Jimmie Truitt, Jr. was convicted in a non-jury trial of unlawful possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. The sole issue raised in this direct appeal is whether the introduction at his trial of the shotgun was the product of an unlawful search and seizure and hence should have been suppressed. We affirm.

On September 10, 1974 officers of the Louisville, Kentucky Police Department...

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