United States First Circuit

Conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed where: 1) a 1977 conviction for assault with a deadly weapon was considered a felony by Massachusetts, thus it restricted defendant's right to possess firearms and qualified as a predicate offense; 2) misinformation by a state official did not amount to entrapment by estoppel during a federal prosecution; and 3) defendant provided no evidence that concern for his wife's health impaired his ability to make a knowing and voluntary choice on the day of his plea.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2006
• Published 11/15/2006

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and Howard, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard N. Foley, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. Mark Terison, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.