United States v. Edwards

RENNER, District Judge.

This ruling addresses the novel question of whether a conviction in a federal court of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment, for which all rights have been restored under state law, can serve as a predicate offense for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which forbids possession of firearms by those who have been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

Joseph Edwards pled guilty in 1986 in this Court to possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d), 5871. He served a prison sentence until…