Legal Opinion
United States v. Eli Gusan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 1977No. 76-1858PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the search warrant contravened the Fourth Amendment by not describing the place to be searched with sufficient particularity.
The defendant, Eli Gusan, was indicted in two counts for knowingly possessing two firearms — a Spitfire .45 caliber machine gun and a Sten MK II machine gun, 9 mm caliber — which firearms were not registered to him, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). Upon a written waiver of trial by jury and submission on stipulated facts, -defendant was found guilty and sentenced to seven years and a fine of $5,000 as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Steele v. United States No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- United States v. Savannah Hinton, United States of America v. Susie Powers, Alias Susie PendletonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- United States v. BorkowskiDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1920
- United States v. Theodore Ray MelanconCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- United States v. Fredderick D. Jones, Also Known as Frederick Jones and Fredrick JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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