U.S. v. WILSON

No. 85-2323.

816 F.2d 421 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George WILSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Thomas Day, Asst. Federal Public Defender, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Michael W. Reap, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

George Wilson appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri1 upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5681(d) (1982). For reversal, Wilson raised several issues, including the claim that the government used a disproportionate number of its peremptory challenges during voir dire to strike black...

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