Legal Opinion
United States v. David William Dorsch
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 2004No. 03-2785PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
David William Dorsch entered a conditional plea of guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) (2000), after the district court 1 denied his motion to dismiss the indictment. On appeal, Dorsch argues that he has never been committed to a mental institution, as required in order to be a “prohibited person” under § 922(g)(4). We affirm the district court’s judgment.
Section 922 makes it unlawful for any person “who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution ... to ... possess…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Mendoza-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. Larry Lee HanselCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. ChamberlainCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Charles F. WhitonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- United States v. Douglas B. LeuschenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- FURDA v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2010
- United States v. McIlwainCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- United States v. McLinnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
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