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U.S. v. ECKER

No. 90-2074.

923 F.2d 7 (1991)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. John Leonard ECKER, a/k/a Leonard Hoffecker, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Shea, Boston, Mass., on Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion for Summary Disposition, for appellant.

Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., and John P. Pucci, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., on Motion for Summary Disposition and Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Disposition, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, John Leonard Ecker, was arrested and charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(2), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a convicted felon. A magistrate instituted proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 4241, found that Ecker was currently incompetent to stand trial, and committed him for evaluation to determine whether he was likely to attain the capacity to be tried in the foreseeable future. Ecker appealed the commitment order...

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