UNITED STATES v. STAMAS

No. 71-1002.

443 F.2d 860 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Christos STAMAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Jeffreys, Lowell, Mass., for appellant.

Lawrence P. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Herbert F. Travers, Jr., U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, a Massachusetts resident, was convicted by a jury of selling a firearm to a person he knew to be an out-of-state resident, in violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 922(a) (5) (Supp. V, 1970).1 The sale was made to Government Agent Lindquist, a Maine resident, at a bar in Lowell, Massachusetts, where defendant was employed. Defendant made no objections at trial relating to any of the...

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