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UNITED STATES v. RIGALES

No. 79-5654.

630 F.2d 364 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernesto G. RIGALES, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Cooper, Asst. Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy M. Jahn, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Ernesto Rigales was found guilty of receiving a pistol while a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h)(1), 924,1 and of making a false statement in order to acquire a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6),2 924. Rigales challenges his convictions primarily on the ground that a warrantless search of a zippered case found in the automobile he was driving...

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