United States DC Circuit

A conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court's use of compound questions during voir dire denied defendant sufficient information to challenge prospective jurors for cause and impaired his ability to exercise his peremptory challenges intelligently; and 2) the district court erred in failing to suppress evidence of a gun found in his bag.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2006
• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/15/2006

Judges

• Before:  TATEL, GARLAND, and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James W. Beane, Jr., appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bernard J. Delia, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.