Legal Opinion

United States v. Jonathan Townsend

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 7, 1977No. 75-1401PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted on four counts of a six-count indictment1 charging firearm offenses occurring on January 24 and January 30, 1974, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(c), 5861(d), 5821(a) and 5871. The firearms involved were two sawed-off shotguns, and he received five-year concurrent imprisonment sentences on the first and third counts. On the remaining counts he was sentenced to five years’ probation to be served consecutively to the completion of the sentence on Counts I and III.

*154On appeal, defendant contends that the Government did not prove…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. United States v. Otha Lee MahoneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. United States v. William Christopher Twigg, Iii, United States of America v. Henry Alfred NevilleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Richard Scott McLernon Kido Yaqui, Sherri Louise Farrell, Miguel Angel Carranza, and Marco Antonio Valdez-CotaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  3. United States v. Raymond E. KaminskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. Juan Navarro, Andres Mugercia and Guillermo PerdomoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. United States v. Dusan LakichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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