U.S. v. MERRIC

No. 98-1455.

166 F.3d 406 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Michael MERRIC, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn M. Pelletier with whom Pelletier & Faircloth was on brief for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, and James L. McCarthy, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On May 21, 1996, Michael Merric walked into the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor, Maine, with a homemade, double-barreled shotgun tucked into a bedroll. He told the security officer that he was going to the office handling social security matters in order to change his address. Later information reveals that Merric was at the time homeless and mentally disturbed.

The shotgun was discovered after Merric placed the bedroll...

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