Legal Opinion
Small v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 2005No. 03-750PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The United States Criminal Code makes it
“unlawful for any person . .. who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year . . . to . . . possess . . . any firearm.” 18 U. S. C. § 922(g)(1) (emphasis added).
The question before us focuses upon the words “convicted in any court.” Does this phrase apply only to convictions entered in any domestic court or to foreign convictions as well? We hold that the phrase encompasses only domestic, not foreign, convictions.
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In 1994 petitioner, Gary Small, was convicted in a Japanese court of having tried…
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