UNITED STATES v. HALPIN

No. 579, Docket 96-1325.

139 F.3d 310 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jonah HALPIN, Defendant-Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Zonay, Rutland, VT (David B. Perry, Carroll, George & Pratt, Rutland, VT, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul J. Van De Graaf, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Burlington, VT (Charles A. Tetzlaff, United States Attorney, John M. Conroy, Assistant United States Attorney, David V. Kirby, Chief, Criminal Division, Burlington, VT, of counsel), for Appellee.

Before: CARDAMONE and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, and POOLER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant-appellant Jonah Halpin appeals from an 18-month sentence of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Billings, J.) imposed on May 16, 1996, after he pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).

The firearm in question, a nine-millimeter pistol, was purchased at Halpin's insistence by his girlfriend. Halpin told police that the gun was purchased because of his concern...

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