United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant may be convicted under 18 USC 922(g)(8) for unlawfully possessing firearms while subject to a domestic violence order where the weapons previously traveled in interstate commerce, regardless of whether he received a copy of the order entered against him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2000
• Published 11/21/2000

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  BELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert I. Cusick, Jr. (argued and briefed), Pamela J. Ledford (briefed), Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, Warren N. Scoville (briefed), Scoville, Cessna & Associates, London, KY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Arehart (argued), Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. (briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, KY, Martin L. Hatfield (briefed), Assistant U.S. Attorney London, KY, for Appellee.