Legal Opinion
United States v. Frederick A. Smith
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 28, 1990No. 88-2182PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Frederick Smith appeals his conviction for violating the federal law that prohibits a previously convicted felon from possessing a firearm. See 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a) (repealed 1986, current version at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)). The primary evidence against him consisted of five rifles and two revolvers that state police officers said they found at his home while they were searching that home for drugs. Smith concedes that the warrant-authorized drug search was proper, but he argues that seizure of the guns, not covered in the warrant, was unlawful, and that the district…
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