United States First Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and knowingly possessing a firearm with an altered serial number is affirmed where: 1) district court's denial of defendant's pretrial motions to unveil and subpoena an alleged confidential informant did not deprive him of his constitutional right to present a complete defense of entrapment; 2) the district court did not err in admitting certain evidence; and 3) even if National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius changed the Supreme Court's Commerce Clause jurisprudence, it did nothing to undermine the validity of 18 U.S.C. sections 922(g)(1) and 922(k).

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/27/2012
• Published 11/27/2012

Judges

• Howard

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel