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UNITED STATES v. MASON

Nos. 78-5180, 79-5038.

611 F.2d 49 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard MASON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. v. Ethelbert B. BURGESS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian K. Miller, Richmond, Va., for appellant Burgess.

Samuel R. DeLuca, Jersey City, N. J., on brief, for appellant Mason.

Raymond A. Carpenter, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Brenda Crocker, Third Year Law Student, Richmond, Va. (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Raymond A. Jackson, Asst. U. S. Atty., G. Wingate Grant, II, Student Asst. to the U. S. Atty., Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

The only substantial question in these consolidated appeals is whether the defendants were improperly indicted and convicted on multiple counts under the Gun Control Act for the simultaneous procurement and receipt of more than one firearm.

No. 78-5180

On July 15, 1976, the defendant, Richard Mason, purchased a revolver from a licensed gun shop in Hampton, Virginia, and in the course of completing Form 4473, a firearms...

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