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U.S. v. STRAACH

No. 91-1355.

987 F.2d 232 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Eugene STRAACH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin V. King, Jr., Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Uhl, Paul D. Macaluso, Delonia A. Watson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Gary Eugene Straach is a licensed firearms dealer who owns and operates Shooting Sports, a gun shop in Dallas, Texas. After a lengthy "sting" operation carried out by the government, Straach was indicted and later convicted of knowingly selling firearms to nonresidents by way of "strawman transactions." A strawman transaction is one in which a resident of the state in which the firearms dealer's business is located acts as an intermediary...

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