United States v. Lester Irving Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216 (1st Cir. 1972). · Go Syfert
United States v. Lester Irving Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216 (1st Cir. 1972). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
32 citation events (6 in the last 25 years) across 14 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: United States v. Frazier (ca11, 2010-05-14)
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Frazier
11th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
See United States v. Queen, 408 F.3d 337, 339 (7th Cir.2005) (holding that lying about a street address on Form 4473 was a material misrepresentation that violated § 922(a)(6)); United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217 (1st Cir.1972) (holding that misrepresentation of one’s name, age, and place of residence was material to the lawfulness of a sale).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Norris
7th Cir. · 2002 · confidence medium
In United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217 (1st Cir.1972), the First Circuit held that a defendant violated § 922(a)(6) when he supplied a false name, address, and date of birth in connection with buying a firearm even though he was not in fact a prohibited buyer.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Joseph Mikesell, United States of America v. Gilbert Aguilar
9th Cir. · 1994 · confidence medium
See United States v. Gudger, 472 F.2d 566, 567-568 (5th Cir.1972) (failure to provide correct street address violated Sec. 922(a)(6)); United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1216-17 (1st Cir.1972) (same). 13 Aguilar and Mikesell's reliance on Benton is misplaced.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Arthur E. O'Neill
2d Cir. · 1972 · confidence medium
Accordingly we conclude that § 922(a)(6) represents a valid exercise of Congressional power and that the indictment suffices without having to plead or prove that the alleged conduct was connected with commerce. 2 United States v. Ruisi, supra; United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217-1218 (1st Cir. 1972); United States v. Menna, 451 F.2d 982, 984 (9th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 963 , 92 S.Ct. 1170 , 31 L.Ed.2d 238 (1972); United States v. Nelson, 458 F.2d 556 (5th Cir. 1972); United States v. Sullivan, 459 F.2d 993 (8th Cir. 1972).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Anaya
N.D. Ill. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Buck, 548 F.2d 871, 876 (9th Cir.1977) 2 and United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1216-17 (1st Cir.1972), both holding the illegality of a firearm sale without the seller’s recording of the buyer’s name perforce renders the misstatement of that name a “fact material to the lawfulness of the sale.” While Congress thus clearly intended any supplying of a false name to be a violation of Section 922(a)(6), the draftsman was not as artful as might have been desired in implementing that purpose.
discussed Cited "see" State v. Arnold
Me. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
Jones v. United States, 279 F.2d 433, 436 (4th Cir. 1960) cert. denied 364 U.S. 843 , 81 S.Ct. 226 , 5 L.Ed.2d 190 ; see United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217 (1st Cir. 1972); United States v. Maddox, 444 F.2d 148, 152 (2d Cir. 1971); United States v. Johnson, 487 F.2d 1278 (4th Cir. 1973).
cited Cited "see" United States v. Phillip Marcel Green
7th Cir. · 1972 · signal: see · confidence high
See, United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217 (1st Cir. 1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States of America v. Laveneur Jackson
D.N.H. · 2020 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Therefore, even though the statute extends to intrastate transactions, “§ 922(a)(6) represents a valid exercise of Congressional power” and “the indictment suffices without having to plead or prove that the alleged conduct was connected with commerce.” Id.; see also United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1217-18 (1st Cir. 1972) (“Section 922(b) contains no analogous language from which a requirement that the transaction be in interstate commerce could be inferred.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. David A. Stewart
6th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see also · confidence low
See United States v. Anaya, 615 F.Supp. 823 , 825 N.D.Ill.1985); see also United States v. Buck, 548 F.2d 871, 876 , (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 890 (1977), and United States v. Crandall, 453 F.2d 1216, 1216-17 (1st Cir.1972).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Richard D. Bunker
9th Cir. · 1976 · signal: see also · confidence low
(Coates v. United States (1969) 134 U.S.App.D.C. 97 , 413 F.2d 371 ; see also United States v. Crandell (1st Cir. 1972) 453 F.2d 1216 ; United States v. Fuentes (5th Cir. 1970) 432 F.2d 405 .) Because there was substantial evidence that Bunker had the requisite knowledge and on review we must construe that evidence most strongly for the appellee.
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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Lester Irving CRANDALL, Defendant, Appellant
71-1212.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Jan 17, 1972.
453 F.2d 1216
Norman S. Reef, Portland, Me., by appointment of the Court, for appellant., Kevin M. Cuddy, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Peter Mills, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.
Aldrich, McEntee, Coffin.
Cited by 26 opinions  |  Published
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

In spite of able argument by defendant’s counsel we consider this appeal to be lacking in merit. Defendant’s motion for acquittal was denied, and thereafter he was found guilty of making a false statement, to wit, of supplying a false name, address, and date of birth in connection with his acquisition of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 922(a) (6). Following a denial of two motions for new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence, he appeals.

Defendant’s primary contention is that the misrepresentation was not one of a “fact material to the lawfulness of the sale,” [1] because, although the jury[*1217] could find that defendant did misrepresent his identity, in actual fact, regardless of name, he was not a prohibited buyer within section 922, subsections (b) and (d). Hence, he says, the misrepresentation was not material. In making this contention defendant overlooks subsection (5) of section (b) which makes the sale unlawful, without limitation, in every ease, unless the seller records the “name, age, and place of residence” of the purchaser. [2] It follows from the fact that the sale is illegal unless these matters are correctly recorded, that their misstatement is a misrepresentation of a “fact material to the lawfulness of the sale.” For confirmatory legislative history, see 1968 U.S.Code Cong. & Adm.News p. 4419.

With respect to both motions for new trial defendant takes the position that if the new evidence, if believed by the jury, would be likely to produce a different result, the district court erred in not granting a new trial. Defendant’s burden is greater than this. In United States v. Johnson, 1946, 327 U.S. 106, 111, 66 S.Ct. 464, 466, 90 L.Ed. 562, the Court, in holding that a trial court need not reopen on the basis of such evidence if it did not credit it, and that the appeal from such determination was “devoid of merit,” observed,

“[T]he orderly administration of criminal justice [requires] that findings on conflicting evidence by trial courts on motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence remain undisturbed except for most extraordinary circumstances.....”

See also United States v. Silverman, 2 Cir., 1970, 430 F.2d 106, 119-120, cert, denied 402 U.S. 953, 91 S.Ct. 1619, 29 L.Ed.2d 123; Jones v. United States, 4 Cir., 1960, 279 F.2d 433, 435-436, cert, denied sub now,. Accardo v. United States, 364 U.S. 893, 81 S.Ct. 226, 5 L.Ed.2d 190. There are no extraordinary circumstances in the case at bar. The court was as entitled to resolve a disagreement between expert witnesses as any other. Its finding defendant’s new evidence unpersuasive ends the matter.

Defendant next contends that 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 (Firearms) is unconstitutional as applied in this case. He relies on United States v. Bass, 2 Cir., 1970, 434 F.2d 1296, which has since been modified by the Supreme Court in United States v. Bass, 1971, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488. The Court’s ruling in Bass, that to establish a violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a) proof that the receipt, possession or transportation of a firearm must involve interstate commerce, has no effect upon 18 U.S.C. § 922(b). Section 922(b) contains no analogous language from which a requirement that the transaction be in interstate commerce could be inferred. Nor does the absence of such a requirement render section 922(b) unconstitutional. That section regulates transactions with licensed dealers, whose general involvement with interstate commerce is ample to justify federal regulation of even their intrastate sales. See Katzenbach v. McClung, 1964, 379 U.S. 294, 85 S.Ct. 377, 13 L.Ed.2d 290; White v.[*1218] United States, 1 Cir., 1968, 395 F.2d 5, cert, denied 393 U.S. 928, 89 S.Ct. 260, 21 L.Ed.2d 266.

The verdict was warranted on the evidence. The fact that the testimony of the government’s principal witness may have been thought somewhat inconsistent did not bar its acceptance by the jury.

Affirmed.

1

. “Section 922(a) It shall be unlawful— “(6) for any person in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of any firearm or ammunition from a li[*1217] censed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, knowingly to make any false or fictitious oral or written statement or to furnish or exhibit any false, fictitious, or misrepresented identification, intended or likely to deceive such importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector with respect to any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other disposition of such firearm or ammunition under the provisions of this chapter."

2

. “18 U.S.C. § 922(b) It shall be unlawful for any . . . licensed dealer . to sell or deliver—

“(5) any firearm or ammunition to any person unless the licensee notes in his records, required to be kept pursuant to section 923 of this chapter, the name, age, and place of residence of such person if the person is an individual, or the identity and principal and local places of business of such person if the person is a corporation or other business entity.”