United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's constitutional challenges to conviction for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun are rejected where: 1) the punishment was a constitutional exercise of Congress' taxing power; 2) the registration requirement did not violate the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment; and 3) the statute was not unconstitutionally vague.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2005
• Decided 04/14/2006
• Published 04/14/2006

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter M. Jarosz (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Alan G. Habermehl (argued), Kelly & Habermehl, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.