United States v. Clarence Whitfield, United States of America v. Norman B. Monroe

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by District Judge GESELL.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

After jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, *138Appellants Clarence Whitfield and Norman B. Monroe were convicted of unlawful possession of firearms following a prior felony conviction. The appellants raise various arguments concerning the lawfulness of a police search of Whitfield’s car and the sufficiency of the evidence introduced against them at their joint trial. We affirm Whitfield’s conviction but reverse Monroe’s, the latter…