United States v. Carlos Santiago-Fraticelli

Carlos Antonio Santiago-Fraticelli appeals his conviction and sentence for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1) (1982) and 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) (1982). We affirm.

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In 1970 the defendant was convicted in New York of a crime punishable by imprisonment in excess of one year. In 1979 the defendant purchased a gun in Puerto Rico. The defendant filled out and signed a Firearms Transaction Record, Form 4473, provided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Although the form was printed only in English, at least some of the defendant’s answers were in Spanish. Among other questions,…