United States v. Charles Emmett Hoffman

ELY, Circuit Judge:

Charles Emmett Hoffman appeals his conviction of having unlawfully possessed a sawed-off shotgun (26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871) and of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm (18 U.S.C.Appendix § 1202(a)(1)). Hoffman argues that the warrantless seizure of a shotgun from the bedroom of his trailer home was unlawful and that, therefore, the firearm should not have been admitted as evidence against him at trial.

Prior to the jury-waived trial on stipulated facts, the District Court conducted a suppression hearing at which appellant had the opportunity to raise his…