Legal Opinion
United States v. Daniel Clement Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1992No. 91-5298PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted Daniel Clement Jones for possessing, transferring, and transporting in interstate commerce two shotguns which he had modified to function as machine guns and sold to federal undercover agents, in violation of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5801-72. Jones now challenges his conviction, contending principally that (1) he was entrapped as a matter of law, (2) the undercover operation, constructed to “ensnare” him, was “so outrageous as to shock the conscience of the court,” thereby violating his right to due process, and (3) the…
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