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UNITED STATES v. MATTES

No. 81-2998.

687 F.2d 1039 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Paul MATTES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc L. Polland, Polland & Assoc., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

William E. Callahan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Douglas Paul Mattes appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a)(1) (1976). He asserts that the firearm should not have been admitted into evidence because it was obtained by means of an illegal search. Mattes makes two arguments in support of his position: (1) the City of Milwaukee police officer who searched Mattes had no official authority in the city where the search was conducted...

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