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U.S. v. SMITH

No. 06-2247.

511 F.3d 77 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Christopher SMITH, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

J. Gregory Batten, for appellant.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Christopher Smith was charged, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6), with having falsely stated on a federal firearms transaction record that he had never been committed to a mental hospital. He sought to suppress the record of his involuntary mental health commitment on the ground that it had been obtained through police records that were protected from disclosure by state law. Additionally, he argued that federal regulations governing...

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