United States Tenth Circuit

For purposes of 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(9), which makes it unlawful for any person previously convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to possess a firearm, a domestic relationship need not be an element of the predicate misdemeanor offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/28/2006
• Published 04/28/2006

Judges

• BALDOCK, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Diana Hagen, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Wagner, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jill M. Wichlens, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defender, with her on the brief), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.