UNITED STATES v. JANIK

No. 83-1469.

723 F.2d 537 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mitchell JANIK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1983.

As Amended December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Sutherland, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Alan N. Grossman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell Janik appeals from his conviction for possessing two unregistered guns (a submachine gun and a sawed-off shotgun), in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). The principal questions on appeal are whether the proceeding against him exceeded the time limits in the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161 et seq., and whether the seizure of the guns in Janik's home violated the Fourth Amendment.

Janik was a deputy sheriff...

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