United States v. Willie Anderson

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the District Court of one count of possession of an unregistered firearm (a sawed-off shotgun) in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1970). He raises a number of issues on this appeal, including the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence, especially the barrel stock of a sawed-off shotgun which had been seized in a warrantless search of his room after he had been arrested and removed therefrom. We conclude that the barrel stock was the fruit of an unconstitutional search, and that its admission into evidence was…