U.S. v. EDWARDS

Cr. No. 3-90-74.

745 F.Supp. 1477 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Darryl EDWARDS, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

September 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Arnold, U.S. Atty., Richard Morgan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff.

Daniel M. Scott, Federal Public Defender, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant.


RENNER, District Judge.

This ruling addresses the novel question of whether a conviction in a federal court of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment, for which all rights have been restored under state law, can serve as a predicate offense for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which forbids possession of firearms by those who have been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.

Joseph Edwards pled guilty in...

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