Legal Opinion
Evans v. Zych
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 09-1094PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant, Michael Evans (“Evans”), challenges the classification of his convictions for violations of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) and 26 U.S.C. § 5861(e) as “crimes of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3), for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 4042(b), which requires the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) to notify state, tribal, and local law enforcement officials prior to the release of a prisoner convicted of a crime of violence. This is an issue of first impression in this circuit. We conclude that the crimes of possession and transfer under § 5861 are not crimes of…
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