Legal Opinion
United States v. Booker
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 11, 2008No. CR-08-19-B-WPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO RECONSIDER ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT AS THE STATUTE CHARGED VIOLATED THE SECOND AMENDMENT
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.
After the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Court concludes that the law prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence survives Second Amendment scrutiny. 1
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
On January 16, 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Russell E. Booker for two counts of possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a misdemeanor crime of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. NasonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- People v. YarbroughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008
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- State v. SieyesWashington Supreme Court · 2010
- United States v. EngstrumDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2009
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