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U.S. v. Gergen, No. 97-30324 (9th Cir.) (172 F.3d 719) (April 16, 1999) (Judge Robert M. Takasugi)

Loaded on May 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists May 24, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Mens Rea Element.

Here the Court held that to establish that a defendant possessed an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 USC § 5861(d), the Government must prove that the defendant knew of the particular characteristics of his weapon that made it a "firearm".

On appeal, the defendant argued that the Supreme Court's ...

 

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