Legal Opinion
United States v. James Gaines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 12, 2002No. Docket 00-1665PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant James Gaines (defendant or appellant) was convicted, following a jury trial, of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), a statute that makes it unlawful for a person having previously been convicted of a felony to possess a firearm. Judgment on this conviction was entered on September 26, 2000 in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Skretny, J.), and defendant was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment. From this judgment, defendant appeals. We affirm.
A crucial piece of evidence used by the prosecutor at trial was a statement Gaines…
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