United States v. Cosey

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

Defendant has been indicted for unlawful possession of a firearm as defined by the National Firearms Act, Section 5848(1), Title 26, in violation of Sections 5851 and 5861, Title 26 United States Code. Presently before the court are two motions of defendant: a motion to dismiss the indictment, and a motion to quash the search warrant and to suppress the evidence obtained pursuant to search under the warrant.

Acting on information obtained from an unidentified informant that he had seen a sawed-off shotgun on the premises of defendant John Cosey, a search warrant was…