Legal Opinion
United States of America, Appellee-Plaintiff v. Miscellaneous Firearms, Explosives, Destructive Devices and Ammunition, Appeal Of: Donna Fleischli
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2004No. 03-4311PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we consider the meaning of the word “any” the last time it appears in a federal statute dealing with the forfeiture of firearms. The underlying facts, which we can mercifully shorten, are that Joseph Fleischli was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms, actually a bevy of firearms, and we rejected his challenge to the conviction last year. See United States v. Fleischli, 305 F.3d 643 (7th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1001, 123 S.Ct. 1923, 155 L.Ed.2d 828 (2003).
The firearms Fleischli illegally possessed were seized, along with…
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