United States v. David C. Tate, A/K/A Matthew Mark Samuels

ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge. **

Defendant David C. Tate appeals his conviction by a jury of fourteen counts of federal weapons violations under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871 (1982). On appeal Tate argues that the district court 1 erred by failing to exclude evidence of firearms seized from his vehicle without a warrant, and by admitting evidence of defendant’s related state law crime. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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On April 15,1985, a Missouri State Highway Patrol mobile traffic check was set up on Highway 86 in Taney County, Missouri, by two state highway patrol troopers for the…