UNITED STATES, APPELLEE,
v.
ULYSSES HARRIS, APPELLANT

8th Cir. | 1972-02-29
No. 72-1004
456 F.2d 62 United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1972) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the indictment was insufficient because it failed to allege a connection between the firearm possession and interstate commerce, as required by statute.


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Defendant was convicted of possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. The indictment did not allege any connection between the possession and int…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant Harris has taken a timely appeal from his conviction by a jury and resulting sentence imposed on a charge of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. Appendix § 1202(a). This case is before the administrative panel of this court on defendant’s motion filed February 4, 1972, to reverse his conviction and remand with directions on the ground that no connection between the possession of the gun with interstate commerce has been alleged. No response has been filed by the Government.

The indictment contains no allegation that the possession of the firearm was in or affected interstate commerce. Defendant filed a timely motion to dismiss the indictment before trial based upon the same ground here urged. Such motion was overruled.

Since the trial of this ease the issue presented by this appeal has been determined in favor of the defendant by the Supreme Court in United States v. Bass, decided December 20, 1971, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488. This court has reversed a similar charge based on a different firearm against the defendant. United States v. Harris, 8 Cir., December 29, 1971, 453 F. 2d 857. Such authorities require a reversal of the present conviction.

Defendant’s motion for summary reversal is sustained. The judgment of conviction is reversed. The case is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with the view expressed in this opinion.

Let mandate issue forthwith.


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