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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 78-5002.

588 F.2d 92 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lewis Vincent WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Frisch, Washington, D.C. (Ravdin & Frisch, Washington D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Herbert Better, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Russell T. Baker, Jr., U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Lewis Vincent Williams appeals from the judgment entered upon his conviction for receipt of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1),* asserting that the government's proof failed to show that he knew that the crime of which he had been previously convicted was punishable by a term exceeding one year. We affirm.

By its terms, § 922(h)(1) does not require proof of knowledge on the part of the defendant...

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