United States v. Richard Harris

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for receiving and possessing a firearm, having earlier been convicted in a state court of a felony, 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1). His state conviction was for larceny in excess of $100, a felony carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years. The sole issue before us, raised by motions-below, is whether Title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. App. §§ 1201-03, violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. The appellant challenges, on an equal protection basis, the rationality…