United States v. Cornelius M. Wright

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

After a jury waived trial, appellant was convicted of making a false statement in connection with the purchase of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6). 1 Specifically, he was found to have falsely certified to a firearms dealer that he had not been convicted of a felony, when in fact he had a record of several felony convictions. 2 (Neither appellant’s felony record nor his purchase of the firearm are in dispute.)

On this appeal we must deal with two issues: (1) the district court’s determination that appellant violated the statute by recklessly disregarding…