Legal Opinion
United States v. Barbara Behanna and William Galemoor
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1987No. 85-1261, 85-1262PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
The appellants were tried jointly and each was convicted of possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1982). Police discovered a machine gun in a black bag on the floor of an automobile occupied by the defendants. Both appeal. The sufficiency of the evidence in Behanna’s case is the most serious issue raised. We reverse her conviction because of the government’s failure to establish she had any knowledge of the existence of the machine gun. We affirm Galemoor’s conviction.
The events leading to the charge began when a police officer…
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