Legal Opinion
United States v. Fincher
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2008No. 07-2514, 07-2888PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Hollis Wayne Fincher was convicted by a jury on one count of possession of a machine gun, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o), 924(a)(2), and one count of possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. Fincher does not dispute that he possessed these guns or that he did so without a license. He appeals his conviction, however, arguing that he has the right to possess these weapons under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution because his possession has some reasonable relationship to the maintenance…
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