STATE v. WHITAKER

No. COA08-1406.

689 S.E.2d 395 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. Douglas Dwayne WHITAKER, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney General E. Michael Heavner, for the State.

The Law Office of Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., Southern Pines, by Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr. and Amanda S. Zimmer, for defendant-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of eleven counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. Defendant appeals on various constitutional grounds, primarily arguing that the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.E.2d 637 (2008), requires this Court to hold that North Carolina's law prohibiting possession of firearms by convicted felons violates defendant's individual...

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