United States v. Alvin Aaron McCoy

WINDER, District Judge.

The appellant, Alvin Aaron McCoy, was convicted in the District Court by a jury on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 (App) U.S.C. § 1202. The appellant challenges his conviction on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to show he had possession of the firearms involved and that the search warrant, that was used to seize the weapons in question, was insufficient to comply with the Fourth Amendment.

The facts disclose that on August 4,1983 officers from the Tulsa Police Department, narcotics division, executed a state…