UNITED STATES v. SUMPTER

No. 81-1568.

669 F.2d 1215 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Odell SUMPTER, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Friedberg (argued), Friedberg & Peterson, Mark W. Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

John M. Lee, U. S. Atty., Janice M. Symchych, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), D. of Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., Gerald Weinrich, Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and HOWARD, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 10, 1982.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Odell Sumpter, Jr. appeals his conviction on April 27, 1981, in the district court1 for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a) (1976). Appellant rests his appeal on the argument that the primary evidence offered against him at trial, a .22 caliber semi-automatic...

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