Legal Opinion
Stonecipher v. Valles
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2014No. 13-2124PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Anthony and Melissa Stonecipher became targets of an investigation into their purchases and sales of firearms and explosives. During the investigation, federal officers discovered that Mr. Stonecipher had pleaded guilty in 2007 to a misdemean- or crime of domestic violence in Missouri. One of the officers, Carlos Valles, concluded Mr. Stonecipher had violated federal law, which makes it illegal for anyone convicted of even a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to possess a firearm.
Acting on this knowledge, Valles obtained a search warrant for the Stoneci-phers’…
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