Legal Opinion
United States v. Dale Lee Hitt
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1992No. 92-30032PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Dale Lee Hitt was convicted of possessing an unregistered machine gun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). The government alleged he had altered a semiautomatic rifle so it would discharge more than one shot per trigger pull — the defining characteristic of a machine gun. 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b). The rifle had indeed been modified in a way consistent with the government’s theory, though Hitt’s lawyer suggested it had been modified by its previous owner. I RT 49. Some internal parts usable for machine guns (but not themselves illegal) were found in a gun case in Hitt’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by75 opinions
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