UNITED STATES v. BOYD

No. 75-2040.

530 F.2d 1269 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stanley Eugene BOYD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Wollstein, Rome, Ga., and Benjamin T. White, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

John W. Stokes, U.S. Atty., Glenna L. Stone, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant was convicted of interstate transportation of stolen firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(i), and possession of a firearm by one previously convicted of a felony, 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202. The major point on appeal concerns admissibility of weapons which came into possession of arresting officers following an allegedly illegal arrest.

On October 13, 1974, on a road near Cedartown, Georgia, two Georgia state troopers were conducting...

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