United States First Circuit

Under 18 USC 921(a)(6), a sawed-off shotgun with a barrel measuring twelve and one-quarter inches long and an overall length of twenty-seven and one-quarter inches qualifies as a "short-barrel shotgun."

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2001
• Published 03/22/2001

Judges

• BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Hewes on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. Mark Terison, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, on brief, for appellee.