Legal Opinion
United States v. Gilbert R. Syverson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1996No. 94-3755PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This case principally involves questions about what is required to prove mens rea for violations of certain federal criminal statutes that regulate the possession of firearms, specifically machine guns and silencers. The government alleged that Gilbert Syverson violated these statutes by knowingly possessing several questionable items: a metal cylinder that could slightly diminish the report of a pistol, a variety of unassembled gun parts, a couple of semi-automatic rifles and instructions for using the parts to convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. Syver-son…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Staples v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. James P. HickokCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Stewart BoylesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Ralph R. RossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. Hanafi MonemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Clinton Elbert McKinneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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