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UNITED STATES v. LUCE

No. 83-1015.

726 F.2d 47 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edwin LUCE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Going, Newport, R.I., by appointment of the Court, with whom Going & Miller, Ltd., Newport, R.I., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

James E. O'Neil, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Luce appeals his conviction on a two count indictment charging him with possessing (count I) and transferring (count II) an unregistered firearm — a .22 caliber silencer — in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and (e) of the National Firearms Act. Luce claims the trial judge erred in instructing the jury on the firearms counts and failing to give an entrapment instruction. We affirm.

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