United States v. James Andrew Colbert and Michael Beryl Reese

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1973-02-14

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THORNBERRY Circuit Judge: Appellants Colbert and Reese were convicted in the district court of possession of unregistered sawed-off shotguns in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 5861 (d). A panel of this court overturned the convictions on appeal holding the police searches which produced the weapons invalid under the Fourth Amendment.…

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