Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard Foster
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 14, 1986No. 83-1792PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCALIA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from conviction, after jury trial, on charges of possessing an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1982), and possessing a firearm not identified by serial number in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5842, 5861(i). The firearm in question was a short-barreled shotgun found by the Metropolitan Police Department at the Argyle Variety Store in Northwest Washington, on a shelf beneath the counter at which the defendant was working. The principal basis of appeal is that there was inadequate evidence to establish the “knowing dominion and…
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