United States Ninth Circuit
US v. Carr, 07-30133
A conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where the statutory structure under which he was convicted required that his predicate Washington conviction for violating a protection order be treated as a felony, as opposed to a gross misdemeanor.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/08/2007
- Decided 01/25/2008
- Published 01/25/2008
Judges
- CANBY, Circuit Judge:, Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., SUSAN P. GRABER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Diane E. Hehir, Federal Public Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Yakima, WA, for defendant-appellant., Thomas J. Hanlon, Assistant United States Attorney, Yakima, WA, for plaintiff-appellee.