Legal Opinion
Lowery v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 2010No. 06-CM-1195PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant Samuel Lowery was convicted of one count of attempted possession of an unregistered firearm, D.C.Code §§ 7-2502.01(a), 22-1803 (2001), after Deputy U.S. Marshals found a handgun in the apartment where he was staying. He argues, for the first time on appeal, that this application of the District of Columbia’s pre-Heller firearms law was unconstitutional as applied to him. See District of Columbia v. Heller, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). He also maintains that a statement he made to a deputy marshal should have been suppressed. Unpersuaded…
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