UNITED STATES v. FRANCISCO

No. 77-1316.

575 F.2d 815 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis J. FRANCISCO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Stephen Keller of Keller, Dunievitz & Johnson, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant.

James W. Winchester, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo. (Joseph P. Dolan, U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BARRETT, DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction after a jury trial for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(h). As applicable here, that section makes it unlawful for a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year "to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate . . . commerce."

The questions on appeal relate to pre-indictment delay and the time-frame within...

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