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UNITED STATES v. HAMMONS

No. 77-5262.

566 F.2d 1301 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Cornelius HAMMONS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Hughes, Mobile Ala., for defendant-appellant.

W. A. Kimbrough, Jr., U. S. Atty., J. B. Sessions, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 8, 1978.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant John Hammons appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(h) for illegal receipt of a firearm by a convicted felon.1 At trial, he admitted receiving the firearm, but alleged that he had acted only to protect the safety of another. The trial court, over defendant's objection, instructed the jury to disregard defendant's alleged reasons for...

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