U.S. v. ELLIS

No. 91-1479.

949 F.2d 952 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Andre D. ELLIS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faison T. Sessoms, Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellant.

Frank J. Magill, Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Andre Ellis appeals from a sentence of fifteen years imprisonment following a conviction of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ellis argues that: (1) because Minnesota law restored his civil rights upon the completion of his sentences for his felony convictions, he was not a felon at the time of his arrest, and (2) the Government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his felony convictions were constitutionally...

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