UNITED STATES v. LISK

No. 75-1033.

522 F.2d 228 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerard Fredrick LISK, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1975.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mulligan, U. S. Atty., Randall J. Sandfort, Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for appellant.

Kenneth J. Murray, Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.

Before SWYGERT, PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 19, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 865.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether a firearm seized during an illegal search of a bailee's automobile is admissible in support of a charge that the bailor illegally possessed the firearm five days before it was seized. The district court granted defendant's motion to suppress; we reverse.

The essential facts are stipulated. The indictment charged that defendant possessed an explosive...

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