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UNITED STATES v. TOBIN

Crim. No. 75-373.

408 F.Supp. 760 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America v. Richard Kent TOBIN.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

February 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Roark, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Gary V. Skiba, Erie, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS

KNOX, District Judge.

This case presents the novel question of whether the change in Pennsylvania's drug laws which reduced the crime of simple possession of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor effectively made the defendant, who was a convicted felon under the former statute, eligible to purchase and possess firearms under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a) and 18 U.S.C. Appendix § 1202(a...

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