UNITED STATES v. RUSK

No. 74-3609.

512 F.2d 815 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Larry RUSK, a/k/a Demetri Thor, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Wm. Perry, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Frank D. McCown, U. S. Atty., Ft. Worth, Tex., Harold S. Jaquet, William F. Sanderson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, THORNBERRY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted of making a false written statement on a Treasury Department form in purchasing a gun, thereby violating 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a). The statement in question consisted of the representation to a firearms dealer in the purchase of a gun that appellant had not been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. This appeal followed and we affirm.

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