UNITED STATES v. CORTEZ

No. 19599.

425 F.2d 453 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Richard CORTEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Taylor, III (Court-appointed), Louisville, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Ernest W. Rivers, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

James Richard Cortez appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky upon a jury verdict convicting him of the three counts of an indictment. The indictment charged that on or about June 1, 1968, Cortez, having already been convicted of carrying a concealed weapon, transported a sawed-off shotgun from Washington, D. C., to Lexington, Kentucky, and had possession of such firearm...

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