Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1263
         

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                  CARLTON E. ALLEN,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                     [Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Robert A. Levine on brief for appellant.
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            Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, Jonathan  R. Chapman and
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        F.  Mark Terison,  Assistant  United States  Attorneys,  on brief  for
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        appellee.

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                                   August 22, 1996
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                      Per Curiam.   The defendant appeals his  conviction
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            for possession of a  short barrel shotgun in violation  of 26

            U.S.C.    5861(d), contending that  the gun was  found as the

            result of a  pretextual stop  of his vehicle  by the  police.

            Because this  case is  controlled by  the recent  decision in

            Whren  v. United States, 116 S.Ct. 1769 (1996), we affirm the
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            judgment below.

                      Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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