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- Title: United States V. Poulos
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 09, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Defendant-appellant William Poulos appeals his conviction for conspiring to knowingly receive and possess unregistered silencer-equipped firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861 and 5871 (Count I); receiving and possessing a firearm bearing no serial number or registration as required by 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841 and 5842, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861 and 26 U.S.C. § 5871 (Counts II and III); and two counts of possessing unregistered silencers without serial numbers in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861 and 5871 (Counts V and VI). Poulos contends that there was insufficient evidence for the jury to conclude that he entered the conspiracy charged in Count I and that there was insufficient evidence supporting the jury's verdict that he constructively possessed the firearm alleged in Counts II and III. He further asserts that two silencer kits seized from his basement during a legal search, the basis for Counts V and VI, were not in plain view nor statutorily defined as firearms at the time of their seizure by law enforcement officers. Finding sufficient evidence whereby a reasonable jury could conclude that Poulos joined the firearms conspiracy, that Poulos constructively possessed an illegal silencer-fitted .22 caliber pistol, and that it was "immediately apparent" that the silencer component parts discovered in Poulos' basement were evidence of a crime and lawfully seized pursuant to the plain view doctrine, we affirm.