UNITED STATES v. RAGUSA

No. 81-1076.

664 F.2d 696 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph RAGUSA and John Caresio, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Hoffman, argued, John C. Humpage, argued, Humpage, Berger & Hoffman, Topeka, Kan., James L. Eisenbrandt, Overland Park, Kan., Ronald E. Partee, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

J. Whitfield Moody, U. S. Atty., W. D. Mo., Sheryle L. Jeans, argued, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 28, 1982.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal their convictions under the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq., for possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of § 5861(d). We affirm the judgment of the district court.1

The essential facts are as follows. Sometime before 2:30 a. m. on June 6, 1979, Wilma and Robert Ladd heard a car stop...

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