UNITED STATES v. BURTON

No. 72-1412.

475 F.2d 469 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold Edward BURTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Mullen and Deacy & Deacy, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

J. Whitfield Moody, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.

The appellant before us was tried by jury and convicted of the offense of possession of firearm traveling in and affecting interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. App. § 1202(a) (1).

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Briefly, what happened was that the appellant purchased a ticket at the Kansas City Municipal Air Terminal for Minneapolis. At the same time he checked two bags for the flight. The Braniff ticket...

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