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UNITED STATES v. LIGGONS

No. 76-1246.

545 F.2d 1118 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Clifton LIGGONS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1976.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Kayser, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant; Marshall H. Tanick, Minneapolis, Minn., on the briefs.

Joseph T. Walbran, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee; Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., on the briefs.

Before BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 28, 1976.

WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

Clifton Liggons, a previously convicted felon, was found guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1) by receiving a firearm in interstate commerce. In this appeal, Liggons challenges the "frisk" of his person which produced the incriminating weapon. He contends also that the government did not prove a nexus with interstate commerce sufficient to support the conviction...

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