Legal Opinion
United States v. Pettengill
District Court, D. Maine
Decided February 1, 2010No. CR-09-138-B-WPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Charged with possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, Brandon Pettengill moves to dismiss the Indictment, claiming the charges infringe his Second Amendment right to bear arms and asserting a lack of scienter for the predicate conviction. The Court previously considered and rejected both arguments and does so again.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 9, 2009, a federal grand jury indicted Brandon Pettengill for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of…
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