United States v. William

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Case No. 1:97-cr-064-RCL EDWARD L. WILLIAMS, aka EDWARD L. WILLIAM Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION On July 28, 1997, petitioner Edward L. Williams pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon—or to be more precise, by a person “who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.” 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In 2019, the Supreme Court decided Rehaif v. United States, in which it held that a conviction under § 922(g)…