Legal Opinion
United States v. Kirk Gayle, Ann-Marie Richardson, Rohan Ingram
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 27, 2003No. Docket 02-1095PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.
Before us is a discrete issue of first impression for this Circuit: whether the “convicted in any court” element of the federal statute which prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), includes convictions entered in foreign courts. Specifically, we consider whether defendant-appellant Ro-han Ingram’s 1996 conviction in Canada constitutes a predicate offense under § 922(g)(1). As a matter of statutory interpretation, we conclude that foreign…
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