U.S. v. HANDFORD

Nos. 93-2754, 93-2783.

39 F.3d 731 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James HANDFORD and Joshua Kirkwood, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1994.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Collins (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Barry Rand Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, IL, for the U.S.

Christopher T. Van Wagner, Madison, WI, argued, for James Handford.

Lynn A. Hirschfeld, Chicago, IL, argued, for Joshua Kirkwood.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In Waukegan, Illinois, on August 10, 1992, James Handford and Joshua Kirkwood double-crossed potential purchasers of a TEC-9 nine millimeter pistol they had to sell; the purchasers turned out to be Special Agent Mark Shaffer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), posing as a street gang member, and a cooperating individual named Chad Evans. When Shaffer produced the money for the pistol, Handford and Kirkwood brandished their...

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