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UNITED STATES v. STEVENS

No. 74-1597.

509 F.2d 683 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lawrence STEVENS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 5, 1975.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph E. Schum, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., Thomas E. Loraine, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 5, 1975.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1993.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

The essential issue presented on this appeal is the reasonableness of the search of an automobile after it was stopped for a traffic offense and a frisk of the defendant-passenger produced a .16-gauge shotgun shell. The search of the automobile produced an unregistered firearm which led to the defendant's conviction of possessing...

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