United States Tenth Circuit

In a prosecution for possessing firearms while subject to a domestic protection order, the dismissal of the indictment is reversed where: 1) the prosecution of defendant under 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(8) is consistent with the government's intended purpose in implementing that statute; and 2) the district court erred in focusing on the underlying protective order issued by the Hawaii Family Court instead of the challenged federal statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2010
• Published 12/10/2010

Judges

• Mary Beth Briscoe

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth D. Collery, Jason Bowles