Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicolas Carpio-Leon
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2012No. 11-5063PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After Nicolas Carpio-Leon, a citizen of Mexico, was indicted for possessing firearms while being “illegally or unlawfully in the United States,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), he filed a motion to dismiss the charge, contending that § 922(g)(5) violated his rights under the Second and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The district court denied Carpio-Leon’s motion, and Carpio-Leon then pleaded guilty to that charge, as well as to an illegal entry charge, reserving, as part of his plea agreement, the right to appeal the district court’s…
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