Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwin Luce
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 9, 1984No. 83-1015PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Luce appeals his conviction on a two count indictment charging him with possessing (count I) and transferring (count II) an unregistered firearm — a .22 caliber silencer — in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and (e) of the National Firearms Act. Luce claims the trial judge erred in instructing the jury on the firearms counts and failing to give an entrapment instruction. We affirm.
The evidence against Luce consisted primarily of the testimony of William Sears, who cooperated with the government in return for a reduced sentence on various federal firearms…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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