United States v. Benjamin G. Cancelmo, Jr.

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Benjamin G. Cancelmo, Jr. (“Cancelmo”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Burns, /.), convicting him, following a jury trial, of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and sentencing him principally to fifteen months’ imprisonment. Members of the Connecticut Statewide Narcotics Task Force (“SNTF”) discovered the firearm during a search of Cancelmo’s home for evidence of narcotics trafficking. The basis of the search warrant for Cancelmo’s residence…