United States v. John England Morris, Jr., A/K/A Larry Jackson

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

John England Morris was convicted of possessing a fully automatic rifle that had not been registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, a violation of 26 U.S. C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. Morris challenges his conviction on two grounds. He first argues that the evidence against him should have been suppressed because its seizure was incident to an unlawful arrest. His second argument is that as applied to him the registration provisions of the National Firearms Act violate his constitutional privilege against compulsory self-incrimination. We…