United States v. William Calvin Woods

FAY, Circuit Judge:

A jury found appellant, William Calvin Woods, guilty of possessing an unregistered shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).1 Prior to the commencement of the trial, appellant filed a motion to suppress as evidence the shotgun described in the indictment. The denial of that motion, based on the “plain view” doctrine, inspired this appeal. We affirm.

THE FACTS

The testimony offered by the government at the suppression hearing reveals that at 8:30 one morning two county sheriff’s deputies went to appellant’s residence to execute an arrest warrant for Calvin Marshall, an…