Legal Opinion
The United States of America v. Willie Lee Dancy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1988No. 88-1240PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant raises numerous challenges to his conviction for knowing possession, as a felon, of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a)(1)(B). He was sentenced to a term of five years. We affirm.
I. Evidence of a Prior Felony.
Title 18, section 922(g)(1) prohibits a person “convicted ... of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm. Whether prior criminal proceedings resulted in a “conviction” depends on the law of the jurisdiction that conducted them. 18 U.S. C. § 921(a)(20). Here, in related arguments, Dancy contends that (1) the Government…
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