U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1972

United States v. Gary Bowdach

United States v. Gary Bowdach
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided January 20, 1972 · Brown, Ingraham, Roney, Cii'Cuit
454 F.2d 728; 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 11723 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

United States v. Gary Bowdach

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Defendant, a previously convicted felon, was indicted and convicted of willfully and knowingly possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202 (a). The conviction must be reversed because the government neither alleged nor proved that the firearm was possessed “in commerce or affecting commerce,” as required by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488.

Reversed.

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