Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1973No. 72-1728PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Larry Smith appeals from his conviction, after a trial to the court, of knowingly possessing an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
The firearm in question is an unserviceable Thompson submachine gun. There is no challenge to the proof of possession by Smith, but rather, he bases his appeal from his conviction on two points: First, that the welded receiver of the gun was not a firearm within the meaning of the National Firearms Act, and therefore was not required to be registered, and secondly, that the Government did not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. G. Stanley RischardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by28 opinions
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