United States Fourth Circuit
US v. WALTERS, 02-4926, 03-4015, 03-4090
Virginia does not consider a juvenile adjudication to be a conviction. Consequently, a juvenile adjudication cannot serve as the underlying conviction which subjects a person to penalty under 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1).
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/20/2004
- Published 02/20/2004
Judges
- Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael James Elston, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant United States., Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant United States.
- For Appellees:
- Paul Geoffrey Gill, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees Walters and Davis., Frank W. Dunham, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees Walters and Davis; Jennifer T. Stanton, Jennifer T. Stanton, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant Crudup.