Legal Opinion
United States v. Richie Fontaine
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 2012No. 11-2602PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(August 28, 2012)
Jordan, Circuit Judge
Richie Fontaine appeals his conviction in the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States for unauthorized possession of a firearm or “imitation thereof’ during the commission of a crime of violence, in violation of V.I. Code Ann. tit. 14, § 2253(a). Fontaine argues that § 2253(a) is void for vagueness and that the government failed to prove he was not authorized to possess an “imitation” firearm, which, under his interpretation of § 2253(a), it was required to do. For the following reasons, we will affirm the judgment of…
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