United States v. John S. McKinnon

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The appellant, John McKinnon, was convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts of engaging in a firearms business without a license, 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1), possessing an automatic weapon that was not properly registered, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), and transferring an automatic weapon without a- proper report, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(e). Wiretaps authorized by a Massachusetts state judge produced evidence that was introduced against McKinnon in federal grand jury proceedings and in the trial below.

McKinnon complains on…