Legal Opinion
United States v. Ricky W. Jester
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 1998No. 97-2597PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Ricky Jester of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits a convicted felon from possessing a firearm. Jester makes two constitutional arguments in an attempt to invalidate this conviction. First, he argues that § 922(g)(1) authorizes a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment by imposing a criminal sanction based on his status as a convicted felon. Second, he contends that Congress contravened the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause by exempting certain non-violent felons from the…
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