Thornton

Thornton v. United States

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917 F.2d 28
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 23, 199036-3_30California767 words

Opinion

Opinion

917 F.2d 28 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Dennis Earl THORNTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. No. 89-55653. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 2, 1990. * Decided Oct. 23, 1990. Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Dennis Earl Thornton was convicted after a two-week jury trial of being a felon in possession of numerous firearms (counts one and two), possessing an unregistered sawed-off rifle with a silencer and an unregistered RPB M-10 submachine gun (count three), and possessing a silencer not identified by serial number (count four). He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on counts three and four of the indictment and five years on count two, with the sentences to run concurrently. He was also sentenced to two years on count one, to run consecutively to the other sentences. The same district court judge who…

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