United States v. Charles George Sorrells, Glen Ray Bartley

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Charles George Sorrells, Glen Ray Bartley and two co-defendants were charged in a twenty-one count indictment with conspiracy to possess and transfer illegal firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. 1 The indictment further charged Sorrells and Bartley with various substantive offenses of possessing, transferring, and aiding and abetting the possession and- transfer of automatic weapons, firearms and si lencers, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 5861(d)(e) and 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 922(b)(5), 2(a). 2 The defendants received a jury trial and were found guilty. Sorrells…