UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 85-5504.

787 F.2d 929 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Morgan Dwight BROWN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Tibbetts, Roanoke, Va., for appellant.

Jerry W. Kilgore, Third Year Law Student (Thomas J. Bondurant, Asst. U.S. Atty., John P. Alderman, U.S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and HILTON, District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Morgan Dwight Brown was convicted after a jury trial of possession of an unregistered firearm and of a silencer in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (1982). On appeal, Brown contends that the district court erred in admitting certain evidence seized during a warrantless search of Brown's automobile subsequent to Brown's arrest for driving while intoxicated. We affirm.

On the night of April 29, 1984, Brown was driving his automobile...

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