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U.S. v. ERWIN

No. 87-30045.

723 F.Supp. 1285 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. James Ray ERWIN, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

October 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Risley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff.

Michael Metnick, Springfield, Ill., for defendant.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

A novel question of statutory interpretation.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury in this Court of the federal offense of possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Such crimes, however, are determined — in part — according to the law of the state in which the conviction was obtained, and do not include...

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