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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Cr. No. 4277-CD.

321 F.Supp. 424 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Melvin Carl SMITH, Defendant.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

January 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Larry S. Flax, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff.

Jean Kidwell, Kidwell, Pestana & Smith, Michael Tigar, Professor of Law, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FERGUSON, District Judge.

Melvin Carl Smith was found guilty in this court of two counts involving unlawful possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C., App. § 1202(a) (possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a felony). He was sentenced to two years in prison on each of the two counts, to begin and run consecutively. Defendant appealed his conviction on October 31, 1969.

While the appeal was pending...

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