UNITED STATES v. POWERS

No. 77-1796.

572 F.2d 146 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William F. POWERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Daugherty, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

James J. Barta, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Robert D. Kingsland, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and ROSS and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant William F. Powers challenges his four count conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1) and 924(a). Powers, a previously convicted felon under Missouri law, was charged with the unlawful receipt of firearms which had been transported in interstate commerce. Powers raises a multitude of issues, seventeen in all, one of which we find merits an alteration of the judgment of conviction.1 Accordingly, we affirm...

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