James R. Dameron v. United States

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

We hold that a person can successfully attack collaterally a conviction under 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(g)(1) for interstate transportation of a firearm by a convicted felon when his counselless state felony conviction has been subsequently voided under the constitutional principles of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963).

Dameron was convicted of transporting a .38 caliber Derringer pistol in interstate commerce from Louisiana to Natchez, Mississippi in June, 1970, in violation of Section 922(g)(1) which provides:

It shall be unlawful for any…