United States Fifth Circuit

When a state court rules that a criminal defendant is entitled to a new trial, there is no longer any conviction, so he cannot be under disability or restriction in regard to the possession of firearms.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2001
• Published 08/29/2001

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy E. Larson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Brett Davis Boone, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.