U.S. v. HALE

No. 91-3830.

978 F.2d 1016 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilbur HALE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1992.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Skipper, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for defendant-appellant.

Clarence Dan Stripling, Little Rock, Ark., argued (Charles A. Banks and Robert L. Roddey, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Wilbur Hale appeals his conviction of thirteen counts of possession of a machine gun pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(o) (West Supp.1992) and three counts of possession of unregistered firearms pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1988). He argues that the statutes under which he was prosecuted have no nexus with interstate commerce, and are therefore beyond the constitutional power of Congress; that the indictment violates...

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