Legal Opinion
United States v. Ford
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 13, 2016No. 15-1303PPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
The four members of the Ford family ran an illicit, indoor marijuana farm, for which they have all been sentenced to prison. This appeal by Darlene Ford primarily concerns not the marijuana, but rather Darlene’s semi-automatic rifle, which she allowed her husband, James F. Ford, to use for target practice. James’.s possession of a firearm was a crime because he had previously been convicted of a criminal offense “punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year,” 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). Relying on the criminal code’s general aiding and abetting…
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