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UNITED STATES v. BRIGHT

No. 72-2657.

471 F.2d 723 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Ansel BRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas F. Maniscalco, Atlanta, Ga., Court-appointed, for defendant-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., P. Bruce Kirwan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

John Ansel Bright appeals from a conviction for knowingly possessing a sawed-off shotgun that was not registered to him, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).1 The events leading to Bright's conviction began on February 26, 1972, when appellant's wife Ruby told two Atlanta policemen that her husband was armed and was looking for her and her daughter in the vicinity of the Regency Hyatt House Hotel, where...

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