UNITED STATES v. SALAMONE

No. 85-5288.

800 F.2d 1216 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. SALAMONE, Salvatore, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Silber (argued), Merrill N. Rubin, Silber & Rubin, P.C., New York City and Newark, N.J., Stanley Weinberg, Robert C. Fogelnest, Fogelnest & Lynn, Philadelphia, Pa. and Bloomsburg, Pa., Robert Dowlut, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Joel M. Friedman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Philadelphia Strike Force, Organized Crime & Racketeering Section, Philadelphia, Pa., Karen Skrivseth (argued), William C. Bryson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and TEITELBAUM, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the conviction of appellant Salvatore Salamone pursuant to a multicount indictment charging him with various firearms offenses.1 Our opinion is restricted to one issue: whether potential jurors in an action involving charges brought under the gun control statutes may be dismissed for cause solely due to their affiliation with the National Rifle...

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