United States v. Derl Gray

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Deri Gray, appeals his convictions under a two count indictment charging violations of the federal firearms laws, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h)(1) and 922(j). Gray was found guilty under both counts by a jury and subsequently sentenced to concurrent three year terms of imprisonment.

The events preceding the defendant’s federal convictions began with the actions of state law enforcment officers. In July 1972, Kentucky State Trooper, John R. Miller, received information that the defendant, the operator of a small grocery store in rural Fayette County,…