UNITED STATES v. COTTON

No. 83-1310.

751 F.2d 1146 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie C. COTTON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Snoke, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tulsa, Okl. (Layn R. Phillips, U.S. Atty. and Gerald Hilsher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tulsa, Okl., with him on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Leonard M. Chesler, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant.

Before LOGAN and SETH, Circuit Judges, and FINESILVER, District Judge.


SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, District Judge.

Willie C. Cotton, Jr. appeals from his jury trial conviction based on two counts of receipt and sale of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2313. As grounds for reversal, Cotton argues that the district court erred in (1) denying Cotton's motion to suppress evidence seized from a car in a totally unrelated arrest; (2) overruling Cotton's objection to the admission of evidence of other crimes; (3) denying Cotton...

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