UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 76-1253.

541 F.2d 1311 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John D. JOHNSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Carpenter, North Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., and Fletcher Jackson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

John D. Johnson appeals from his conviction by jury of possessing an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). He contends that evidence of a sawed-off shotgun should have been suppressed because it was seized during a search rendered illegal by a search warrant which was impermissibly general. We find the search warrant not fatally defective, and accordingly we affirm the conviction.

On October 4, 1975 appellant's unregistered...

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