Legal Opinion
United States v. Estrella
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 9, 1997No. 96-1625PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Lawrence Estrella was convicted of being a “felon in possession” of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and sentenced as an armed career criminal. Id. § 924(e)(1). His appeal raises various issues, the most difficult being whether he is excepted from the felon-in-possession statute as one whose civil rights have been restored and whose right to firearms has not been significantly restricted under state law. Id. § 921(a)(20).
Estrella’s long criminal record began in 1967 when he was 17 years old. Pertinently, in January 1977, he pled guilty in Massachusetts…
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