UNITED STATES v. HATFIELD

No. 78-5416.

599 F.2d 759 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John E. HATFIELD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cary, U. S. Atty., J. Michael Haynes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Farrell A. Levy, Knoxville, Tenn. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Government from a suppression order entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. 461 F.Supp. 57 (E.D.Tenn. 1978). The order prohibits the Government from introducing into evidence at defendant's trial certain firearm transaction records seized during a search of defendant's premises. The search was conducted pursuant to a search warrant issued...

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