UNITED STATES v. SAMSON

No. 75-1364.

533 F.2d 721 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Armand W. SAMSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray R. Pallas, Westbrook, Maine, by appointment of the Court, for defendant-appellant.

Peter Mills, U. S. Atty., Portland, Maine, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant was indicted in the district court for the District of Maine for receiving firearms in commerce after having "been convicted by a court . . . of a felony." 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1). It appeared at the trial that the alleged firearms had been stolen in New York on January 30, and were purchased by defendant at his apartment in Maine on February 14 and 15, 1975. At that time defendant had been convicted of a felony in...

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