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UNITED STATES v. HAIRSTON

No. 83-3267.

763 F.2d 233 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.B. HAIRSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Risley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Alan M. Freedman, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Presiding Judge, COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

Appellant, J.B. Hairston appeals from his conviction under Section 1202(a)(1) of Appendix of Title 18 U.S.C., the federal statute which makes it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm. Appellant was arrested by a deputy sheriff in Kankakee, Illinois in July, 1983, upon a police dispatcher's report that Hairston's license was suspended. Following the arrest, a search of his person produced the firearm in question...

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