United States Second Circuit

In a gun-related case, the district court's conviction was upheld and the court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to bifurcate the elements of a felon-in-possesion charge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2003
• Published 10/09/2003

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge., Before:  McLAUGHLIN, CABRANES, and B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Yuanchung Lee,The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David P. Burns, Assistant United States Attorney (James G. Cavoli, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel, James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on the brief), United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.