Legal Opinion
United States v. Andrew Jordan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1989No. 88-2046PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Andrew Jordan appeals his federal conviction for possession of a firearm by a career criminal in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a)(1). He claims that the federal prosecution violated the constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy and ex post facto punishment. He also argues that the indictment was defective because it failed to include three prior robbery convictions as a necessary element of the federal offense. Finally Jordan appeals the trial court’s denial of his pre-trial motion to exclude from evidence a guilty plea he entered in state…
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