Leland Woodrow James v. United States

By information, appellant was charged under Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 5851 with possession of an unregistered firearm, he was found guilty by a jury, was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of two years, and has appealed.

The crucial question is whether the court erred in permitting the unregistered shotgun to be received in evidence over timely objection that the weapon had been seized by officers of the State of Missouri as the result of an illegal search, thereby rendering the evidence inadmissible. It stands conceded that federal officers did not participate in the search of defendant’s…