UNITED STATES v. TANKERSLEY

No. 73-1762, 73-1761.

492 F.2d 962 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William TANKERSLEY and Frank A. Stefanelli, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Cohen, Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Andrew Baker, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KILEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.


KILEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants Tankersley and Stefanelli, Gary, Indiana school teachers, appeal their conviction by a jury for possession of an unregistered destructive device (Count I) which was not identified by serial number (Count II), in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and (i), respectively, of the National Firearms Act (Act).1 We affirm.

In May of 1972 a teachers'...

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