Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph D. Obiechie
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 1994No. 93-3012, 93-3879PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This ease turns on the meaning of the term “willfully” in the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-308,100 Stat. 449 (1986) (“FOPA”). Joseph D. Obiechie was convicted after a bench trial of “willfully” engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(1)(A) & 924(a)(1)(D). The district court construed “willfully” in section 924(a)(1)(D) to mean that Obiechie must have intended to do the acts that constitute the crime, but not that he must have known of the law and intended to violate it.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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