PENNINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 24780.

392 F.2d 421 (1968)

James L. PENNINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert M. Horn, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

J. V. Eskenazi, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant James L. Pennington appeals from his conviction on a jury's verdict of guilty of violating 15 U.S.C. § 902(e), making it unlawful for a person convicted of a felony to transport a firearm in interstate commerce. He was sentenced to a term of three years' imprisonment.

At approximately 2:30 in the early morning of October 18, 1965, two Miami Beach police officers observed an automobile proceeding at a very high rate...

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