Legal Opinion
Caron v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1998No. 97-6270PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Under federal law, a person convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison may not possess any firearm. 18 U. S. C. § 922(g)(1). If he has three violent felony convictions and violates the statute, he must receive an enhanced sentence. § 924(e). A previous conviction is a predicate for neither the substantive offense nor the sentence enhancement if the offender has had his civil rights restored, “unless such... restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not... possess ... firearms.” §921(a)(20). This is the so-called “unless clause” we now must…
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- United States v. Calvin CassidyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Richard R. GlaserCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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