Legal Opinion

United States v. McDonald

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided October 30, 2015No. 14-1957PPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Nicholas McDonald was a heroin dealer in the Bangor area of Maine, obtaining his heroin on trips to Worcester, Massachu*499setts. Eventually, when caught with 26.4 grams of heroin, he was charged both for the heroin and a gun in his possession. McDonald pleaded guilty in February 2014 to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (subject to appealing the denial of his motion to suppress). The district court quite correctly denied…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  4. David v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
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