UNITED STATES v. COOK

No. 85-1086.

771 F.2d 378 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Ronald COOK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Delworth, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Dean R. Hoag, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

James Ronald Cook was tried before a jury on two counts charging violations of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a) (possession of a firearm by a convicted felon) on November 5, 1984. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on both counts. The District Court1 sentenced Cook to two consecutive two-year terms. Cook seeks reversal of his convictions on three grounds: 1) that the District Court erred in failing to sustain his...

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