Legal Opinion
United States v. Tavares
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 12, 1994No. 19-1880PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION EN BANC
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
A jury found defendant Daniel Tavares guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The statute makes it a crime for any person “who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... to ... possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition.” 1 At trial, defendant offered to stipulate to the fact that he had such a prior conviction. The prosecutor refused to accept the stipulation. On the basis of our decisions in United States v. Collamore,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. Robert Donald SpletzerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Wyman Hulan Parr v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. Louis PirovolosCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Wayne N. Collamore, in Re United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. William C. Brickey, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by97 opinions
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- United States v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- United States v. RoseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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