Legal Opinion
United States v. Hamell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1993No. Nos. 92-2369EM, 92-2570EM, 92-3281EMPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
While attempting to stop an automobile for running a stop sign, a police officer saw three men later identified. as Gary Hamell, Raymond Amerson, and Gerald Hopkins (the defendants) throw handguns out the automobile windows. The police later recovered the handguns from the roadside. A jury convicted the defendants of being felons in possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), but the convictions were reversed on appeal. United States v. Amerson, 938 F.2d 116 (8th Cir.1991). The Government sought to retry the defendants based on the original indictment,…
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