United States Sixth Circuit

In the context of the crime of aiding and abetting a felon in the possession of a firearm, in order for aiding-and-abetting liability to attach under 18 U.S.C. section 922(g), the government must show that the defendant knew or had cause to know that the principal was a convicted felon.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2007
• Published 05/25/2007

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  COOK, Circuit Judge;  ROSE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Deanna Bell Johnson, Brentwood, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Harold B. McDonough, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.