Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary BOWDACH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-01-20
Citations: 454 F.2d 728
Docket Number: No. 71-1080
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary BOWDACH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 454
Pages: 728–729

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary BOWDACH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 71-1080
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 20, 1972.
Daniel S. Pearson, Miami, Fla., Alan M. Medof, Pearson & Josefsberg, P. A., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.
Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., James H. Walsh, Sidney M. Glazer, Ronald G. Scheraga, Beatrice Rosenberg, Roger A. Pauley, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Erwin N. Griswold, Sol. Gen., Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel Huntington, Asst. Sol. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and INGRAHAM and RONEY, Cii’cuit Judges.
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.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Defendant, a previously convicted felon, was indicted and convicted of willfully and knowingly possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202 (a). The conviction must be reversed because the government neither alleged nor proved that the firearm was possessed "in commerce or affecting commerce," as required by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488.
Reversed.