UNITED STATES v. LAYMON

No. 79-1492.

621 F.2d 1051 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Edward LAYMON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Settle, Settle & Landrum, Muskogee, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Mark F. Green, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Julian K. Fite, U. S. Atty., Muskogee, Okl., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and LOGAN and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

James Laymon was convicted of possession of a firearm in violation of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1). We affirm the conviction.

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