Legal Opinion

United States v. Larry James Story

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 19, 1972No. 71-1401PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant Story from his conviction by a jury on a charge of possessing a sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, and the three-year prison sentence imposed thereon pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 4208(a) (2).

Defendant filed a motion to suppress as evidence a short-barreled shotgun and shotgun shell seized from defendant’s automobile. Such motion was overruled. The motion to suppress was renewed at defendant’s trial and again overruled. Reversal is here sought upon the basis that the court erred in failing to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Klingler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. Helen Frances Sutton Root v. Isabel H. GauperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  4. United States v. Robert Elmer CecilCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  5. Application of Melvin F. Kiser for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Melvin F. KiserCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ensor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. United States v. John D. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. James Francis MelvinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. AlbanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  5. United States v. Jimmie Truitt, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975

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