U.S. v. McAFEE

No. 92-2239.

998 F.2d 835 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin McAFEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Patton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Las Cruces, NM (Don J. Svet, U.S. Atty., Stephen R. Kotz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, NM, with her on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Peter Schoenburg, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for defendant-appellant.

Before McKAY, Chief Circuit Judge, WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Melvin McAfee visited the "Hock It To Me Pawn Shop" in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 21, 1989, purchased a pistol and thereby broke the law. Given that McAfee is a convicted felon, this transaction was illegal. On November 5, 1991, McAfee pled guilty to the offense of having knowingly made a false statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6). The district court...

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