UNITED STATES v. CAVENDER

No. 77-1094.

578 F.2d 528 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles W. CAVENDER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwane H. Miller, Richmond, Va., for appellant.

A. George Lowe, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Robert B. King, U. S. Atty., E. Leslie Hoffman, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va., and S. Benjamin Bryant, Third Year Law Student on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The defendant-appellant was indicted for possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of § 5861(c), (f), (i), 26 U.S.C. After arraignment and the entry of a plea of not guilty, he moved the District Court for an order protecting him from cross-examination at trial with reference to any criminal convictions more than ten years old, pursuant to Rule 609(b), Federal Rules of Evidence. The motion was overruled.

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