Legal Opinion
United States v. Eric Lamont Aiken
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1992No. 92-5198PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
Eric Lamont Aiken pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and to possessing an unregistered short-barreled shotgun, in violation of the National Firearms Act (NFA), 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). Aiken pled guilty to the second offense only after the district court denied, in a published decision, his motion to dismiss the count. United States v. Aiken, 787 F.Supp. 106 (D.Md.1992). Aiken argues that application of the NFA, a taxing statute, to his possession of the shotgun is unconstitutional because the government would not have…
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