Legal Opinion
United States v. Victor Petrucci
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1973No. 72-2964PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PECKHAM, District Judge:
The defendant, a licensed gun dealer, was prosecuted for several violations of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 922 et seq., and for illegal possession of two tear gas guns in violation of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). The grand jury returned an indictment in nine counts. Count nine was dismissed before trial and defendant was found guilty by a jury on the remaining eight counts.
In counts one and two the defendant was charged with knowingly selling firearms to a minor; in counts three and five, with knowingly selling firearms to a convicted…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Almeida-Sanchez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- United States v. Harold DawsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- United States v. Roy L. LehmannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Kenneth Wayne HarvillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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