United States v. Brian L. Bogers

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the conviction of appellant Bogers on two counts of knowingly possessing and transferring an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(c) and (d) and 5871. Bogers appeals on the grounds that (a) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting testimony concerning a prior felony conviction of Bogers, (b) the Government failed to prove that the firearm at issue was proscribed by the applicable statute, and (c) the trial court’s instructions on entrapment did not properly state the law. We affirm.

On April 13, 1979, a…