United States v. Herbert G. Powless

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Herbert G. Powless has taken this appeal from his conviction by a jury upon an indictment charging interstate transportation of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a), and the resulting sentence of two and one-half years imprisonment imposed.

Defendant asserts that he is entitled to a reversal for the following reasons:

I. The search for and the seizure of the firearm was violative of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The court erred in refusing to suppress the firearm as evidence.

II. Defendant was twice…