Legal Opinion
United States v. Castellana
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 29, 1977No. 72-327-Cr-T-HPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CHARLES R. SCOTT, Senior District Judge.
This case is before the Court on a motion of defendant Salvatore Castellana to dismiss the present indictment. In 1959, 1960 and 1962 defendant had been convicted in the Hillsborough County Criminal Court for lottery law offenses. On September 11, 1968, defendant was granted a pardon for those offenses by the Florida Board of Pardons.
Defendant was indicted on November 28, 1972, for violating 18 U.S.C. App., § 1202(a)(1), 1 which forbids a previously convicted felon to receive or possess a firearm that has moved in interstate commerce. After an…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Philbrook v. GlodgettSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by9 opinions
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