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U.S. v. EDGERTON

No. 06-2518.

510 F.3d 54 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Augustus EDGERTON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Bourget, for appellant.

F. Mark Terison, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Attorney's Office, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief for the appellee.

Before LYNCH AND LIPEZ, Circuit Judges and BARBADORO, District Judge.

BARBADORO, District Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Augustus Edgerton, was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) by making a false statement to a firearms dealer during an attempt to purchase a firearm. Edgerton argues on appeal that the trial judge erred when he instructed the jury that it could convict Edgerton if the government proved that he knowingly made a false statement while attempting to purchase a firearm and either "the statement was intended to...

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