DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Jose Chavez Garcia ("Garcia") appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which makes it unlawful for "an alien ... illegally or unlawfully in the United States ... to possess ... any firearm."
On July 6, 1987, Garcia purchased a firearm in Wenatchee, Washington. On October 20, 1987, he was indicted under section 922. Garcia, who by his own admission had illegally entered the United States...
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