United States Third Circuit

Conviction is affirmed where defendant's prior conviction in a Puerto Rican court for possession of marijuana constitutes a domestic conviction under U.S.C. section -922(g)(1) as Congress intended to include Puerto Rican convictions among the predicates that trigger the statute's prohibitions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/20/2008
• Decided 01/29/2009
• Published 01/29/2009

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, RENDELL, Circuit Judge, and O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Ret.).

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick W. Ulrich, Esquire (Argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Harrisburg, PA, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Theodore B. Smith III, Esquire (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, Attorney for Appellee.