Legal Opinion
United States v. Shelton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2003No. 01-20938PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Ernest Scott Shelton appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm following a misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Shelton challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on several bases, including whether the predicate offense contains an element of use of force and -whether the predicate offense must contain the element of a domestic relationship between the defendant and the victim. Guided by the precedent of this and other circuits, we reject these challenges and conclude that (1) causing bodily injury necessarily includes…
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