United States v. Schmidt

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Jerry Schmidt appeals his conviction. Because the district court properly found that Schmidt’s prior conviction was a predicate offense for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), we affirm.

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Schmidt was charged with four counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of § 922(g)(1), which prohibits the possession of a firearm by “any person who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.... ” 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Schmidt’s predicate offense was a 1985 Texas felony conviction of burglary of a…