Legal Opinion
United States v. George Anthony Pappas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 14, 1979No. 78-1474PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
George Pappas was charged in the district court with having violated a federal firearms law, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(3), (h)(1). The violations-alleged stemmed from a federal agent’s discovery of a firearm during a search of Pappas’ car after the car had been seized pursuant to a forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. § 881(b)(4). 1 The district court granted Pappas’ motion to suppress the firearm. This appeal from that ruling involves the constitutionality of the warrant-less seizure of Pappas’ car pursuant to the forfeiture statute and of the subsequent warrantless…
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