UNITED STATES v. STEINKOETTER

No. 79-5346.

633 F.2d 719 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leigh Ann STEINKOETTER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Martin Hadican, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

Albert Jones, U.S. Atty., Timothy J. Gilenwater, Asst. U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WEICK and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Steinkoetter appeals from her second conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. The firearm, as to which the jury found her guilty of possession in both the first and the second trial on this charge, was a homemade bomb fabricated by her husband with her assistance, designed for the purpose of killing defendant Leigh Ann Steinkoetter's stepmother in order to procure an inheritance...

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