Legal Opinion
United States v. Roy L. Capps
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1971No. 25697PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRASK, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from the district court’s order suppressing the use of a machine gun as evidence in the prosecution of appellee for the unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). 1 The jurisdiction of this court to review the granting of the motion to suppress is conferred by 18 U.S.C. § 3731.
On October 14, 1969, Agent Dale Chorpenning, a special investigator of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division of the Treasury Department, obtained a search warrant for a certain green 1968 Pontiac Firebird. The affidavit in support…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by40 opinions
- United States v. Victor F. MaganaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- State v. BooneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
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- United States v. FreieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. KimDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1976
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