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· 12/14/1971

Williams v. Carlson

Citations

  • 404 U.S. 993
  • 92 S. Ct. 543
  • 30 L. Ed. 2d 545
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 278

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that although the affidavit supporting the search warrants contained errors, the trial judge’s findings were not clearly erroneous and defendants did not demonstrate otherwise
  • upholding warrant for drugs and list of contraband related to the production of drugs
  • upholding a conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm where the defendant claimed he was miles away when the gun was seized and his fingerprints were not on the gun
  • “Three of the defendants possessed weapons at the laboratory site, and ... two defendants took weapons to investigate possible trouble with the ‘feds.’ ”
  • court observed that an AR-15 could be modified to fire fully automatic even without an auto sear
  • warrant must be read in practical sense and as a whole

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