United States v. Timothy Kenneth Larson

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

During the early morning hours of September 11, 1978, the San Antonio police stopped a “Good Times Machine” van driven by Timothy Larson for failure to give a turn signal. The officers searched the van and discovered a .45 caliber automatic pistol under the driver’s seat. The San Antonio police then arrested Larson for unlawfully carrying a firearm. In July 1979 Larson, a previously convicted felon, was tried in federal court on two counts of firearm violations. Count One charged Larson with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1) 1 and Count Two charged him with…