UNITED STATES v. COTTLE

No. 72-2099.

472 F.2d 1037 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Louis COTTLE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Louis Cottle, in pro. per.

Dwayne Keyes, U. S. Atty., Bruce Babcock, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOELSCH, CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Cottle appeals from a conviction for making a false statement in acquiring a firearm (18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6)) and for possessing a firearm after having been adjudicated mentally incompetent (18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(3)).

When Cottle purchased an M-1 carbine, he indicated on the required form that he had never been committed to a mental institution. Some three years earlier, the Superior Court of Yolo County, California, had "ordered, adjudged...

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