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Gun Possession

The Fifth Circuit ruled that a lower court improperly accepted a defendant’s guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm on the sole basis that he admitted to “having seen and touched” the revolver at a friend’s house.

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit ruled that a lower court improperly accepted a defendant’s guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm on the sole basis that he admitted to “having seen and touched” the revolver at a friend’s house. 

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Criminal

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