United States DC Circuit

Conviction of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year is affirmed over defendant's claims that the 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1) charge should have been dismissed on statutory and constitutional speedy trial grounds and that his trial was contaminated by improperly admitted evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2007
• Decided 08/14/2007
• Published 08/14/2007

Judges

• Before: GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Seligman, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Leidenheimer, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant U.S. Attorney.