United States Third Circuit

For purposes of determining whether to release a defendant pending trial or for the requirement of a detention hearing upon motion by the government, the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm is not a crime of violence within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. section 3156(a)(4).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2005
• Published 12/27/2005

Judges

• BECKER, Circuit Judge., Before RENDELL, AMBRO, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Penny Marshall, Jonathan Pignoli, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney, Shannon T. Hanson, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.