United States Second Circuit

Conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1), which was predicated on defendant's prior felony conviction in Canada, is reversed because section 922's "convicted in any court" language does not extending to foreign convictions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2003
• Published 08/27/2003

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge., Before:  McLAUGHLIN, LEVAL, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Philip L. Weinstein,Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., David M. Grable, Assistant United States Attorney (Barbara D. Cottrell, Senior Litigation Counsel, William C. Pericak, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY, for Appellee.