EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Freed challenges his conviction on six counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1). Two issues are presented. First, may a conviction under that statute be based on an expunged state felony conviction? Second, was Freed's state felony conviction unconstitutionally obtained, and therefore not a valid basis for this conviction?
I. Expunction of the State Conviction
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