United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession conviction is affirmed where defendant argued that he was entitled to possess guns for hunting on a Navajo reservation pursuant to a treaty between the United States and the Navajo Nation, but defendant forfeited those rights by committing his prior felonies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2009
• Published 07/29/2009

Judges

• McCONNELL, Circuit Judge., Before McCONNELL, HOLLOWAY and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Laura Fashing, Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM (Gregory J. Fouratt, United States Attorney, with her on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee., Roger A. Finzel, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.