United States v. William Carranza

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, William Carranza, was one of a number of persons arrested in the Western Massachusetts and Boston areas at about the same time as part of a general crackdown on violations of federal firearms laws. He and three others were subsequently indicted and tried together. The jury returned a conviction against appellant for violations of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841, 5861(d), 5812, 6861(e), and 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1) and (2).

The only issue on appeal is whether appellant was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial because members of the jury panel from which the…