Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Hicks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2004No. 03-40655PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Chief Judge:
Richard Hicks, a federal prisoner, appeals his conviction and sentence for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) by possessing firearms and ammunition while he was subject to a domestic restraining order. He alleges that the district court improperly admitted evidence and testimony at trial, improperly sentenced him, and incorrectly concluded that his challenge to the underlying protective order was barred by Fifth Circuit precedent. He also contends that the evidence against him was insufficient for a conviction. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM Hicks’s conviction and…
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