United States v. Piper, 30621 Summary Calendar.
| Decision Date | 06 May 1971 |
| Docket Number | No. 30621 Summary Calendar.,30621 Summary Calendar. |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas James PIPER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
George H. McCleskey, Dallas, Tex., court appointed, for defendant-appellant.
Seagal V. Wheatley, U. S. Atty., John G. Truelson, Asst. U. S. Atty., W. D. Tex., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
Thomas James Piper, Jr. was charged with and convicted of possessing in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and (i), and 5871, a firearm that was not identified by a serial number and that was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. In this appeal Piper argues that the provisions of the National Firearms Act violate the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Recently this argument was rejected as without merit by the Supreme Court in United States v. Freed et al., 401 U.S. 601, 91 S.Ct. 1112, 28 L.Ed.2d 356 1971, an opinion that is determinative of the instant matter. Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is affirmed.1
Affirmed.
* 1 Rule 18, 5th Cir.; See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5th Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.
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