Legal Opinion

United States v. Michael L. Green

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 12, 1981No. 80-5148PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Defendant Green was convicted on five counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1). He appeals, urging that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction and that evidence of prior misconduct was improperly admitted at trial. For reasons explained below, we find no merit to these contentions. Defendant also raises several Fourth Amendment issues, the thrust of which is that the trial court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to suppress evidence, namely, the firearms, seized pursuant to an…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. United States v. Lewis BlackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by68 opinions

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  4. United States v. Gregory James Freeman and David Lyle Boese, A/K/A Dennis Phillip Stevens and David SterlingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. BlascoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983

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