United States v. Lee Andrew Carter

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Lee Andrew Carter was found guilty by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C., App. § 1202(a)(1). 1 The sole issue on appeal is the admissibility under the Fourth Amendment of the .22 caliber revolver taken from him at his arrest. We affirm.

The appellant was arrested by agents of the Treasury Department, Bureau-of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, acting pursuant to a warrant issued by a federal magistrate. The warrant authorized the search of Carter, Lee Truman Stevenson, and a 1967 or 1968 blue Pontiac automobile and the seizure of a sawed-off rifle less than twenty-six inches in…