Legal Opinion
United States v. Joost
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 1996No. 95-2032PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Robert Joost appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He raises four issues: (1) whether the court erred in refusing to give an entrapment instruction, (2) whether the felon-in-possession statute exceeds Congress’s Commerce Clause authority, (3) whether the court properly relied on three convictions as predicates for application of an enhanced penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and (4) whether the court erred in dismissing a challenge to the jury composition and…
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