Legal Opinion
United States v. Mooney
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2007No. 06-7565PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed, judgment of conviction and sentence vacated, and case remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge NORTON joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge.
In this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, John Mooney presented evidence that on August 4, 2002, in Huntington, West Virginia, he seized a firearm from his ex-wife in self-defense, when his ex-wife, who was intoxicated, pointed it at his head. He then walked several blocks to his place of employment to hand the weapon over to the police. Because Mooney was a convicted felon, however, he…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
- Mooney v. FrazierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2010
- United States v. GoreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
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