United States v. Wiley Gene Wilson

Vacated by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON, Judge WIDENER, Judge MURNAGHAN, Judge WILKINS, Judge NIEMEYER, Judge LUTTIG, Judge WILLIAMS, Judge MOTZ, Judge TRAXLER, and Judge KING joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Wiley Gene Wilson appeals his conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm while he was a felon and fugitive, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), (2). Wilson argues that the district court erred in admitting the firearm into evidence over his objection that it had been obtained as the result of an unconstitutional…