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UNITED STATES v. KIRKLAND

Nos. 79-1668, 79-1669.

637 F.2d 654 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Isaac KIRKLAND, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold Edward BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Lawrence Handzlik, Stilz, Boyd, Levine & Handzlik, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief, for Kirkland.

Georgina T. Rizk, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for Brown.

Percy Anderson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for U. S.

Before WALLACE and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and CORDOVA, District Judge.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals are from appellants' convictions of conveying dangerous weapons from place to place in a prison in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1792.1 We must consider two main issues. The more significant is appellant Brown's contention that the jury was improperly instructed with regard to the elements of the crime and, specifically, the meaning of the word "conveyance." The other issue, raised by...

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