United States Ninth Circuit

District court's dismissal of defendant's indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm is reversed where 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1) required only that the defendant was "convicted" of a previous felony, as defined by the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held, and California law treated a plea of nolo contendere as equivalent to a guilty plea.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2010
• Published 11/16/2010

Judges

• Per Curiam

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sean Kennedy, André Birotte Jr.