United States v. Edgerton

BARBADORO, District Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Augustus Edger-ton, was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) by making a false statement to a firearms dealer during an attempt to purchase a firearm. Edgerton argues on appeal that the trial judge erred when he instructed the jury that it could convict Edgerton if the government proved that he knowingly made a false statement while attempting to purchase a firearm and either “the statement was intended to or was likely to deceive the firearms dealer about a fact material to the lawfulness of the sale.” Edgerton argues that the…