United States v. Larry Wayne McDaniel

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Larry Wayne McDaniel was found guilty of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(h), which makes it unlawful for a convicted felon to receive a firearm which has been shipped in interstate commerce. The gun was found when an airline employee opened defendant’s attaché case in an effort to discover to whom it belonged, the unmarked case having been sent as checked luggage and misrouted. Defendant complains of the Government’s subsequent war-rantless “seizure” of the briefcase and its contents from the airline. The initial search by the airline employee, a private person, was…