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UNITED STATES v. COWPER

No. 74-1124.

503 F.2d 130 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wallace E. COWPER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

September 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Dane, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant; Edward S. Marek, Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Nancy C. Schuster, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee; Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1970) and 26 U.S. C. § 5871 (1970). He was found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, and was fined $1,000 and placed on three years probation.

Appellant was a Cleveland police officer who purchased an M-1 carbine from the Police Department. Over a period of a...

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