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UNITED STATES v. LEWIS

No. 82-1560.

701 F.2d 972 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America v. Tidell LEWIS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Schreiber, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Katherine Winfree, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Bobara E. Liles, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BORK and SCALIA, Circuit Judges and BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

On December 23, 1981, a jury acquitted appellant Tidell Lewis of possession of a prohibited weapon (a blackjack), D.C.Code Ann. § 22-3214(a) (1981), but convicted him of possession of an unregistered firearm (a sawed-off shotgun), 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d), 5871 (1976). Lewis appeals his conviction on two grounds. He contends that the district court erred in finding the government's evidence sufficient to withstand his motion for judgment...

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