United States v. John Barker

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.

An indictment filed in the Western District of Missouri on February 12, 1975, charged appellant John Barker, together with Raymond Dale Neal, Richard Fullerton, and James D. Kinnaird, Jr., with engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(1) 1 and 2. 2 Barker was tried separately 3 to a jury on February 5-6, 1976. He was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment. This is a direct appeal from that conviction.

We briefly summarize at the outset the evidence adduced at trial. The Government’s…