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· 9/2/1992

United States v. Michael Anthony Shell

Citations

  • 972 F.2d 548
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 20658
  • 1992 WL 210282

How courts have described this case

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  • \[I]s is not sufficient that one among several intended uses might be lawful recreation or collection; one of those must be the sole intended use.\
  • reduction not available if defendant hunted wild turkey “out of season, in an illegally baited area”
  • \[I]s is not sufficient that one among several intended uses might be lawful recreation or collection; one of those must be the sole intended use.\
  • fact that weapon was loaded when discovered in apartment, combined with defendant's criminal history and nature of weapon, made it unlikely that weapon was acquired solely for lawful sporting purpose

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Judges: King, Higginbotham, Wiener

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