Legal Opinion
Forster v. Pierce County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 21, 2000No. 24659-7-IIPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
The question in this case is whether a person convicted of delivering drugs in 1972 has an unrestricted right to possess firearms in 1997. The answer is no.
In 1972, Carey L. Forster pleaded guilty to delivering a controlled substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (UCSA). He was sentenced to prison for the statutory maximum term of five years.
In August 1973, Forster was paroled. On January 12, 1977, almost a year before his maximum term was to expire, he received a “Final Discharge Restoring Civil Rights” from the Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles. The…
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