Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 18, 2005No. Docket 04-5480-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge.
This is a case about a gun that could not shoot. Defendant-appellant Pedro Rivera appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Gerard E. Lynch, Judge) convicting him, following a jury trial, of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, Rivera argues (1) that the jury’s verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence because the defective weapon in question did not meet the definition of a “firearm” set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3), and (2)…
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