United States First Circuit

In a prosecution for possessing an unregistered short-barreled shotgun in violation of the National Firearms Act, the judgment of conviction is affirmed, where the jury's verdict was not based on sheer speculation, pure conjecture or improperly stacked inferences, but was fully supported by sufficient evidence that the defendant knew the shotgun's barrel was shorter than 18 inches, the statutory characteristic subjecting the weapon to the Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/29/2012
• Published 02/29/2012

Judges

• Howard

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan G. Mermim, Renee M. Bunker