UNITED STATES v. RUFFIN

Nos. 73-1379, 73-1380.

490 F.2d 557 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas J. RUFFIN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ralph S. RUFFIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Richard S. Stolker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants T. J. Ruffin and Ralph Ruffin were convicted on separate counts of receiving and concealing firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h) and (j).1 Ralph Ruffin received concurrent terms of three years' imprisonment on each count. T. J. Ruffin was sentenced to concurrent terms of four years' imprisonment on each count.

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