UNITED STATES v. COWLEY

No. 71-1162.

452 F.2d 243 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eddie Lee COWLEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Hooker, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellant.

Victor R. Ortega, U. S. Atty., Michael P. Watkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before SETH, HAMLEY, and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Eddie Lee Cowley appeals from his conviction, under count one of a two-count indictment, for violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, enacted as a part of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 1213, 1234 (1968). We affirm.

Count one charges that, on November 18, 1970, at Gallup, New Mexico, Cowley knowingly and unlawfully possessed a firearm, as defined by 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a), which firearm was not registered to him...

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