Legal Opinion
United States v. Otha Lee Mahone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 1, 1976No. 75--1931PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant challenges his conviction under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and (i) for possessing a sawed-off shotgun not registered to him and not identified by a serial number. The principal questions raised on appeal concern the legality under the Fourth Amendment of the seizure of the shotgun, the propriety of the trial judge’s refusal to give an “absent witness” instruction and his refusal to let counsel for the defendant refer to the “absent witness” in the final argument, and the procedure to be followed by the trial judge in admitting evidence of the defendant’s prior…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by210 opinions
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- United States v. Moreno L. Keplinger, Paul L. Wright, and James B. PlankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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