Legal Opinion
United States v. Billie Blaine Lipps
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1981No. 81-1036PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Billie Blaine Lipps was convicted by a jury of three counts of an indictment that charged him with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1), which prohibits the receipt by a convicted felon of a firearm that has been shipped in interstate commerce. The district court sentenced Lipps to three concurrent five-year sentences.
At trial Lipps stipulated that he was a convicted felon and that the firearms in question had been shipped in interstate commerce. The defendant filed a motion in limine to prevent the prosecution from impeaching Lipps with his four prior felony convictions for burglary and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Kenneth Alvin HendershotCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Buster Howard Turnmire, A/K/A Buster Howard BareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by19 opinions
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