United States v. George Clinton Etheridge

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Appellant’s sentence was enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) because he had previously been convicted of at least four violent felonies.1 Appellant appeals his conviction and enhancement of sentence and claims that the trial judge erred (1) in excluding evidence that he had relied upon judicial advice given to him by a state court judge that he could continue to possess shotguns for hunting purposes, (2) that the…