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CARON v. UNITED STATES

No. 97-6270.

524 U.S. 308 (1998)

118 S.Ct. 2007

141 L.Ed.2d 303

CARON v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen S. Walker argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Bjorn R. Lange.

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, Edward C. DuMont, and Nina Goodman.

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Souter, JJ., joined, p. 317.

Justice Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Under federal law, a person convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison may not possess any firearm. 18 U. S. C. § 922(g)(1). If he has three violent felony convictions and violates the statute, he must receive an enhanced sentence. § 924(e). A previous conviction is a predicate for neither the substantive offense nor the sentence enhancement if the offender has had his civil rights...

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