United States Second Circuit

Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to deal firearms without a license, 18 U.S.C. section 922(a)(3), is affirmed where defendant, while not the direct purchaser of weapons, "otherwise obtained" them and conspired with an out-of-state resident by serving as an agent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2003
• Published 05/13/2003

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge., Before:  B.D. PARKER, RAGGI, Circuit Judges, GOLDBERG, Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan S. Kolodner, Assistant U.S. Attorney (Diane Gujarti and Andrew J. Ceresney, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, of counsel) for James B. Comey, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, for Appellee., Yuanchung Lee, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.