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UNITED STATES v. WOODRUFF

No. 79-1204.

600 F.2d 174 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Sharon WOODRUFF, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rosen, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo. (argued), and Robert D. Kingsland, U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Leonard Martin, of Shaw, Howlett & Schwartz, Clayton, Mo., argued, for appellee; Charles M. Shaw, Clayton, Mo., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The United States appeals from an order of the District Court which granted Sharon Woodruff's motion for a judgment of acquittal after a jury had found her guilty of possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). We reverse and remand.

Woodruff was indicted, along with Barry Awalt, for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and for manufacture of the same...

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