UNITED STATES v. WILKERSON

No. 77-1932.

598 F.2d 621 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America v. Larry J. WILKERSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1978.

As Amended July 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Cynamon, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Charles L. Hall, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by OBERDOFER, District Judge.

OBERDORFER, District Judge:

In a stipulated trial without a jury, the District Court found appellant guilty of unlawfully possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun. Before the trial, the District Court denied appellant's motion to suppress the introduction of a pistol and sawed-off shotgun into evidence, holding that they were lawfully taken by police in a protective search of an automobile in which...

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