Legal Opinion
United States v. Was
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 25, 1988No. Crim. H-87-79 (PCD)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
DORSEY, District Judge.
Facts
Defendants, Bryan and Norman Was, were indicted on December 23, 1987, for conspiracy to sell, sale, and possession of firearms in violation of the National Firearms Act (“Act”), 26 U.S.C. §§ 5845(b), 5861(e), 5871, and 18 U.S.C. § 371. Count One alleges that defendants conspired to transfer firearms, namely three machine gun auto sears, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(e), 5845, 5871 1 and 18 U.S.C. § 371. Counts Two and Three allege that defendants knowingly transferred, on two separate dates, firearms as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b),…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
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