Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert P. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1975No. 75-1121PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Robert P. Kelly was indicted for violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1), which prohibits possession of a firearm by one who has previously been convicted of a felony. The District Court dismissed the indictment, holding that Kelly was not a convicted felon within the meaning of the statute. We reverse.
The parties stipulated that Kelly had been convicted in Minnesota state court in 1970 of the crime of simple robbery, that he had served time in a reformatory pursuant to that conviction, and that, upon his release in August, 1973, he was granted a restoration of civil…
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