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UNITED STATES v. GANT

No. 82-2168.

691 F.2d 1159 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar Cherry GANT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Plummer, Don Bradshaw, Michael D. Farmer, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Daniel K. Hedges, U.S. Atty., James R. Gough, Sam G. Longoria, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

Edgar Cherry Gant was charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas with violating 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a)(1),1 which prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms. Gant waived a jury trial and the case proceeded primarily upon an agreed stipulation of facts. Gant stipulated to a prior felony conviction and the interstate commerce jurisdictional requirement but asserted...

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