UNITED STATES v. TUCKER

No. 74-2225 Summary Calendar.

502 F.2d 944 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Prentis TUCKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd M. Buford, Macon, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Schloth, U. S. Atty., Ronald T. Knight, O. Hale Almand, Asst. U. S. Attys., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant's assertion that 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a), prohibiting a convicted felon from receipt of a firearm which has traveled in interstate commerce, does not apply to him, is without merit. He had three prior convictions for conspiracy to violate Internal Revenue Liquor Laws (then 18 U.S.C. § 88, now 18 U.S.C. § 371), actual violation (26 U.S.C. § 5174), and possession of an illegal distillery (26 U.S.C. § 5601), all felonies...

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