UNITED STATES v. CRUZ

Nos. 587, 588, Dockets 73-2654, 73-2655.

492 F.2d 217 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose Torres CRUZ et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1974.

Certiorari Denied June 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph C. Roeder, Asst. U. S. Atty., D.Conn., Bridgeport, Conn. (Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., D.Conn., Bridgeport, Conn., on the brief), for appellee.

Mark Lemle Amsterdam, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, for appellants.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 3, 1974. See 94 S.Ct. 2649.

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut convicting both appellants on a one-count indictment charging possession of unregistered firearms, "Molotov cocktails,"1 in violation of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1970). Appellants were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of eighteen...

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