U.S. v. GATEWARD

No. 95-1839.

84 F.3d 670 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Kenneth GATEWARD, a/k/a Kenneth Carr, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Drost, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Walter S. Batty, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Clement J. McGovern, III, Special Assistant United States Attorney, for Appellee.

Before SLOVITER, Chief Judge, and SAROKIN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

Appellant Kenneth Gateward was convicted after a jury trial for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Gateward challenges the constitutionality of that statute as beyond Congress' regulatory power under the Commerce Clause.

I.

Gateward was indicted by a federal grand jury on a single count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Such possession...

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