Legal Opinion
United States v. Daugherty
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2001No. 00-20871PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Mitchell Daugherty appeals his conviction of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2001), which prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms “in and affecting” interstate commerce. We affirm.
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Daugherty was convicted in state court of delivery of marihuana and injury to a child and was imprisoned. In 1985, the state court released him and placed him on “shock probation” for ten years. In 1995, the court discharged him from probation. 1
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