UNITED STATES v. SHIELDS

No. 77-1095.

573 F.2d 18 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin R. SHIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah (Ronald L. Rencher, U. S. Atty., and Steven W. Snarr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

James E. Hautzinger of Dawson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant.

Before BARRETT, BREITENSTEIN, and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Martin R. Shields (Shields) appeals from a jury conviction and sentence following trial on a two-count information wherein he was charged with making a false statement in the acquisition of a firearm and the transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924 and 922(a)(6) (1976) and 18 App. U.S.C. § 1202(a)(1) (1977).

On June 10, 1971, Shields was convicted in the District Court...

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