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UNITED STATES v. BISCOE

No. 74-1383.

518 F.2d 95 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Stanley J. BISCOE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia G. Curtin, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Moulton, Looney & Mazzone, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Paul E. Troy, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., and Richard E. Bachman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Div., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial Biscoe was found guilty of aiding and abetting one Russell Jones in the business of unlicensed dealing in firearms. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 922(a)(1). He was sentenced to a term of three years imprisonment, to be served on and after a state sentence. Later, on Biscoe's motion, the federal sentence was reduced to two years.

He now claims that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court to refuse...

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