Legal Opinion
United States v. William Tankersley and Frank A. Stefanelli, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 1974No. 73-1762, 73-1761PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendants Tankersley and Stefanelli, Gary, Indiana school teachers, appeal their conviction by a jury for possession of an unregistered destructive device (Count I) which was not identified by serial number (Count II), in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and (i), respectively, of the National Firearms Act (Act). 1 We affirm.
In May of 1972 a teachers’ strike was in progress in Gary, Indiana. Philip Ryals, a teacher, elected to cross picket lines and report for work during the strike, and aroused the anger of his co-teachers. At approximately midnight on May 17,…
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- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. FreedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by44 opinions
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