United States Second Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where a Connecticut judgment pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), can qualify as a predicate felony conviction for purposes of 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2004
• Published 09/14/2004

Judges

• RAGGI, Circuit Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, SACK, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tina Schneider, Portland, Maine, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul T. Weinstein, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. James, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, for Respondent-Appellee.