U.S. v. KINDRED

No. 90-10270.

931 F.2d 609 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Keith KINDRED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Graves, Jr., Graves, Leavitt, Cawley & Koch, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant-appellant.

David S. Moynihan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PREGERSON, NOONAN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Keith Kindred was set up by an informer and arrested by undercover federal agents. He was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), and convicted after a jury trial. We reverse.

I.

Kindred was charged under a statute that regulates the possession and exchange of particularly dangerous weapons, including bombs, hand grenades, rockets, machine guns, and short-barreled...

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