United States Seventh Circuit

A conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed over claims that: 1) the evidence was insufficient to establish that a firearm he possessed had traveled in interstate commerce; 2) the indictment failed to adequately allege a nexus with interstate commerce; and 3) the district court relied on inadequate evidence in ruling that one of his prior convictions was a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2006
• Published 11/21/2006

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tinos Diamantatos (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., C. Graham Gerst (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.