Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis Lee Brewer, (86-6155), James Phillip Brewer, (86-6156), Giles Erwin Ferguson, (86-6157)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1988No. 86-6155 to 86-6157PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
On rehearing. Defendants-appellants Curtis Lee Brewer (Curtis Brewer), James Phillip Brewer (James Brewer), and Giles Erwin Ferguson (Ferguson), appealed their respective jury convictions for unlawful possession of firearms by convicted felons. Defendants James Brewer and Ferguson also appealed their enhanced sentences imposed pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (the ACCA), 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202, 841 F.2d 667.
The defendants’ convictions resulted from the discovery of a Ruger rifle and homemade silencer (along with numerous burglar tools) in the trunk of a…
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