Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmie Truitt, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1975No. 75-1188PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
Jimmie Truitt, Jr. was convicted in a non-jury trial of unlawful possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. The sole issue raised in this direct appeal is whether the introduction at his trial of the shotgun was thé product of an unlawful search and seizure and hence should have been suppressed. We affirm.
On September 10, 1974 officers of the Louisville, Kentucky Police Department, commanded by Sergeant John E. Aubrey, entered the Dixie Tackle and Gun Shop in Louisville for the purpose of ex ecuting a search warrant. The…
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