Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgar Cherry Gant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1982No. 82-2168PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Edgar Cherry Gant was charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas with violating 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a)(1), 1 which prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms. Gant waived a jury trial and the case proceeded primarily upon an agreed stipulation of facts. Gant stipulated to a prior felony conviction and the interstate commerce jurisdictional requirement but asserted the justification defenses of duress and necessity. After considering the evidence and supplemental briefs addressing these defenses, the district court entered…
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