UNITED STATES v. PEARSON

Nos. 29260, 29454.

448 F.2d 1207 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Upton PEARSON, Jr. and Edward Johnson, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward JOHNSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss. (Court-appointed), for Upton Pearson, Jr.

W. S. Moore, Jackson, Miss. (Court-appointed), for Edward Johnson, Jr.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., E. Donald Strange, Daniel E. Lynn, Asst. U. S. Attys., Jackson, Miss., for the United States.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 4, 1971.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

In No. 29260, Pearson and Johnson were jointly indicted and convicted of transporting in interstate commerce a motor vehicle knowing that it had been stolen in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. In No. 29454, Johnson alone was indicted and convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1) of transporting firearms in interstate commerce after he had been convicted of a felony.

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