Legal Opinion
United States v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 22, 2008No. 07-1249PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
A claim of selective prosecution depends in large part on a defendant’s ability to prove that the government has treated him differently from similarly situated offenders. The appeal before us turns on what factors courts should take into account in configuring the pool of similarly situated offenders for purposes of this comparison. The tale follows.
In the underlying case, the government charged defendant-appellant Samuel J. Lewis, also known as Shaheed Lewis, with making false statements on multiple feder al firearms applications. The defendant moved to dismiss…
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