Legal Opinion
United States v. Andre D. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1991No. 91-1479PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Andre Ellis appeals from a sentence of fifteen years imprisonment following a conviction of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ellis argues that: (1) because Minnesota law restored his civil rights upon the completion of his sentences for his felony convictions, he was not a felon at the time of his arrest, and (2) the Government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his felony convictions were constitutionally obtained. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 23, 1990, St. Paul police arrested Ellis on suspicion of assault. The police…
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