Legal Opinion
Herrington v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 4, 2010No. 07-CF-98PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant Kevin Herrington was convicted in 2006 of unlawful possession of ammunition (UA), in violation of D.C.Code § 7-2506.01 (2001) (now § 7-2506.01(a) (Supp. 2010)). His conviction was based solely on evidence that he possessed handgun ammunition in his home. Subsequently, in District of Columbia v. Heller,1 the Supreme Court held that the District’s general ban on possession of usable handguns in the home violated the Second Amendment. As a corollary of that holding, ap*1240pellant argues, his conviction under the UA statute for simply possessing handgun ammunition…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Powell v. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
- People v. GarvinAppellate Court of Illinois · 2013
- Snell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
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