UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 75-1147.

518 F.2d 534 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lloyd A. THOMPSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Christian, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

J. Whitfield Moody, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, WEBSTER, Circuit Judge, and DEVITT, Chief District Judge.


DEVITT, Chief District Judge.

Convicted of knowing possession of an unregistered firearm under 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), defendant appeals from the trial court's denial of his motions for judgment of acquittal and new trial.

The government evidence was that on June 24, 1974, Special Agent Alfred Lee, Jr., Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Treasury Department, and an informer, William Arthur Alexander, went to an apartment building at 3000...

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