United States v. Kenneth Harold Gourley

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Gourley was convicted by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. Append. § 1202(a) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. That statute prohibited possession by a convicted felon of any firearm transported in or affecting commerce. 1 Prior to his trial in federal court, Gourley was convicted of a similar offense (possession of a firearm after prior conviction of a felony) in an Oklahoma state court. The federal conviction arose out of the same facts as the state conviction.

Gourley raises three issues on appeal. First,…