Legal Opinion
United States v. George Anthony Pappas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 25, 1980No. 78-1474PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
We granted rehearing en banc from a decision of a panel of this court1 reversing a district court’s order suppressing evidence against the appellee, George Pappas. Pap-pas was charged with acquiring and possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) and 922(h)(1). The firearm giving rise to this charge was discovered in the trunk of Pappas’s car during an inventory search that followed the warrantless seizure of the car by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) pursuant to a forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. § 881. Prior to trial, Pappas successfully…
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