Legal Opinion
United States v. Chamberlain
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 4, 1998No. 98-1324PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Richard Chamberlain appeals from his conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Maine on one count of possession of a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4), which makes it unlawful for any person who has been “committed to a mental institution” to possess any firearm in interstate commerce. Under Maine law, Chamberlain had earlier been involuntarily admitted for five days, on an emergency basis, to a Maine mental hospital. Chamberlain moved to dismiss the federal information, contending that his involui tary emergency admission was…
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