Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Miller Speights
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 7, 1977No. 76-2000PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Appellant, Ronald Miller Speights, was convicted by a jury of knowingly possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. On appeal, Speights alleges that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress the sawed-off shotgun which had been seized after a search of his locker at police headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey. We reverse.
At the time of his arrest, Speights was a police officer for five or six years. In the course of an investigation into a breaking and entering ring,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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