UNITED STATES v. MAGGARD

No. 77-3125.

573 F.2d 926 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alonzo MAGGARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Clay, Louisville, Ky., pro se.

Albert Jones, U. S. Atty., James H. Barr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, District Judge.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Alonzo Maggard was found guilty of possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1) (1976). On this appeal his principal contention is that he was entitled at his federal trial to litigate a claim that the state felony conviction, which was the predicate offense, was constitutionally invalid because he had been deprived of effective representation by counsel.

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