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UNITED STATES v. ARRINGTON

No. 79-5327.

618 F.2d 1119 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Bolton ARRINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen F. Cazier, San Antonio, Tex. (Court-Appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wayne F. Speck, Daniel Maeso, Trial Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, FAY and TATE, Circuit Judges.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

On March 21, 1979, a federal jury in the Western District of Texas convicted appellant John Arrington of eight counts of unlawful possession of firearms. Comprising six counts of his conviction were violations of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1) (1976),1 which proscribes possession of firearms by a convicted felon. Notwithstanding the incontrovertibility of his prior felony conviction, Arrington claims that at the time...

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