Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony M. Falletta
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1975No. 75-1171PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Falletta was convicted on a charge of aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. § 2(a), Joseph Robert Schillaci in a violation of the offense created by 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a), 1 which proscribes receipt, possession and transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce by a convicted felon. By a bill of particulars the government elected to prosecute on the theory that Falletta had aided and abetted Sehillaci in the “receipt” of the firearm. We affirm.
Falletta contends that the indictment was defective because one who furnishes a firearm to a convicted felon cannot be…
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