U.S. v. POPE

No. 09-4150.

613 F.3d 1255 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark R. POPE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Douglas, Assistant Federal Defender (Steven B. Killpack, Federal Defender, with him on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Elizabeth D. Collery, Attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Brett L. Tolman, United States Attorney, and Diana Hagen and Carol A. Dain, Assistant United States Attorneys, District of Utah; and Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, and Gary G. Grindler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C., with her on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TACHA and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges, and STAMP, Senior District Judge.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

This case began when a grand jury indicted Mark Pope for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). That statute makes it a federal felony for a person previously convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to possess a gun. In response to the indictment, Mr. Pope filed a motion to dismiss. While he admitted to being previously convicted of a domestic violence crime, and to possessing a gun,...

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