Legal Opinion
United States v. Armstrong
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 18, 2013No. 12-1216PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant William E. Armstrong, III (“Appellant” or “Armstrong”) asks us to reconsider arguments heard in and decided by this court regarding: (1) whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) should be construed to exclude a purportedly nonviolent offensive physical contact misdemeanor conviction as a predicate offense; and (2) whether applying § 922(g)(9) to such a prior conviction would violate a particular defendant’s Second Amendment rights. Since Circuit precedent in United States v. Booker, 644 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2011), and United States v. Nason, 269 F.3d 10 (1st…
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