U.S. v. MUNOZ

No. 93-2126.

15 F.3d 395 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mattias MUNOZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie A. Meyers, Bennett & Secrest, Houston, TX (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Jeffery A. Babcock, Paula Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Attys. and Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHNSON, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Mattias Munoz, Jr. (Munoz) appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), by possessing "a firearm, namely, a New England Firearms Company, model Pardner SB-1, 20 gauge shotgun," when he had been convicted of a felony.

Munoz asserts that the evidence is insufficient because there was no showing the weapon in question was a "firearm" in that there was no evidence it met the 18...

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