Legal Opinion
United States v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 2010No. 08-5000PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Based on evidence seized from his home during execution of a search warrant, Curtis Williams was convicted of possession of an unregistered machine gun and an unregistered silencer, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, and possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B) and 2256(8)(A). The district court sentenced him to 41 months’ imprisonment.
Before trial, Williams filed a motion to suppress the machine gun, the silencer, and a DVD containing the pornography, arguing that the search for and seizure of them exceeded the…
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