WAINWRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 5577.

289 F.Supp. 820 (1968)

Percy Ewell WAINWRIGHT v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

July 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Thomson, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, Percy Ewell Wainwright, seeks a vacation of the sentence imposed upon him on February 24, 1964, for violation of portions of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841, 5851 and 5862. The basis of the petition is that the statute under which he was prosecuted violates the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

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