United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of a motion to suppress in a prosecution for possession of an unregistered silencer, possession of a silencer not identified by a serial number, and possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle is affirmed where a warrantless search of defendant's bags after a car accident, which revealed the firearm and paraphernalia, was reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2007
• Published 05/22/2007

Judges

• Before ROGERS and COOK, Circuit Judges;  GWIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  M. Dianne Smothers, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.