UNITED STATES v. RIVERA

Crim. No. H78-75.

467 F.Supp. 37 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jorge L. RIVERA.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Luby, Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard Blumenthal, U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Kevan Acton, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Andrew Bowman, Chief Federal Public Defender, New Haven, Conn., for defendant.


RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

CLARIE, Chief Judge.

The defendant has been indicted in this Court for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1)1 which prohibits inter alia a previously convicted felon from receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. The defendant's Motion to Dismiss is premised upon his claim that due to a jurisdictional...

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