Legal Opinion
United States v. Vincent Austain Toner, Colm Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 1984No. 416, 417, Dockets 83-1287, 83-1294PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Colm Murphy and Vincent Toner appeal from convictions arising out of Murphy’s purchase from an undercover FBI agent of twenty M-16 machine guns which the appellants planned to transport to Northern Ireland. Both Murphy and Toner were in-dieted for and convicted of three rather technical firearms offenses. Count One charged that the men received and possessed the machine guns unlawfully in that no written application was on file with the Secretary of the Treasury when the guns were transferred to them. 1 Count Two charged Murphy and Toner with receipt and possession of…
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