Legal Opinion
United States v. Pearl Barrett
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1975No. 73-1872PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The indictment charged that appellant Barrett, having been convicted in the state court of a felony, housebreaking, knowingly received and had in his possession a firearm, towit, a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, which had been transported in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 922(h). He was tried and convicted by a jury and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
Barrett had purchased the revolver on April 1, 1972, in a Western Auto Store in Booneville, Kentucky. Western Auto Store had received the gun on March 5, 1972 from Gastonia, North Carolina.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- United States v. James P. CravenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Herndon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Barrett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Agnel JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CrosscupMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- United States v. Lonnie James Jones, Ralph Lee Vaughn and Gary Donald JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Clifford Ray SuttonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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