Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Davis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1994No. 92-3433PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
In need of quick cash to satisfy his heroin addiction, defendant-appellant Michael Davis sold a .12 gauge sawed-off shotgun to Debra Schwede, a paid informant assisting in a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms investigation. A jury convicted Davis of possession of a non-registered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 6861(d) and possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), but acquitted him of transferring a firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 6861(e). The district court sentenced Davis to 33 months of imprisonment to be followed by three…
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