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UNITED STATES v. SCHULTHEIS

No. 72-2517.

486 F.2d 1331 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Allen Lester SCHULTHEIS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Benedetti, Richmond, Va. (Court-appointed) (Minor, Thompson, Savage, Smithers & Benedetti, Richmond, Va. on brief) for appellant.

David E. Holt, Jr., Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice (George Beall, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

FIELD, Circuit Judge :

This appeal involves the construction of Title 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a) (1) which proscribes the possession, receipt or transportation in commerce of a firearm by any person who "has been convicted by a court of the United States or of a State or any political subdivision thereof of a felony." "Felony" is defined in Title 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(c) (2) as any "offense punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but does...

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