3. CASUAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN DEVANON AND CITY PAT COLEMAN (REFERENCE) AND BETWEEN COLEMAN AND DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OPPENHEIM, BOTH ON 2 APR 65 RAISE FOLLOWING POINTS:
A. BECAUSE OF FEDERAL LICENSING, STATE MAY BE PRE-EMPTED, AS REGARDS MACHINE GUNS.
B. IF SEARCH WARRANT RECITED ONLY MACHINE GUNS, SEIZURE OF SILENCERS WAS ILLEGAL, AND EVIDENCE NOT ADMISSIBLE.
C. IF SEARCH WARRANT IS TO BE ATTACKED IT MUST BE PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY HEARING (7 APRIL). FAILURE TO MOVE TO SUPPRESS SUSTAINS PROBABLE CAUSE.
4. THE SEARCH WARRANT NOT AVAILABLE IN FILE TODAY. TRUST OVER ANXIOUS PROSECUTOR IS NOT CORRECTING OVERSIGHT ON SILENCERS.
5. STRONGLY RECOMMEND REFERENCE TO ATTORNEY COLEMAN IF ACTION CONTEMPLATED. HE IS JR, EX-LAPD INSTRUCTOR, EX-ASST. CITY PROSECUTOR, EX SPECIAL ASST. US ATTORNEY CURRENTLY LT. CDR. ONI-RESERVE. HAS NAVY SECRET AND OO/C CLEARANCES.
OFF: 626-4551 --RES: 257-9745.
S E C R E T
CFN 8559 STUNTZ DEVANON 45436 ERQUIAGA ARMS COMPANY S 2 65 GENE PRICE JUAN ARZCORBE ERQUIAGA LOVELL V KNUDSON 12238 10528 ERQUIAGA KNUDSON DONALD KELLNER 0988 7 65 CITRUS WEST COVINA F-3636
NO AFFIDAVIT PAT COLEMAN OPPENHEIM 2 65 NOT ADMISSIBLE 7 NOT AVAILABLE JR EX-LAPD EX-ASST EX SPECIAL US LT CDR ONI-RESERVE OO/C 626-4451 257-9745
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