U.S. v. JOOST

No. 95-2032.

92 F.3d 7 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert M. JOOST, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Briody, Providence, RI, for appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, Assistant United States Attorney, Providence, RI, with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, and Kenneth P. Madden, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Robert Joost appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He raises four issues: (1) whether the court erred in refusing to give an entrapment instruction, (2) whether the felon-in-possession statute exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause authority, (3) whether the court properly relied on three convictions as predicates for application of an enhanced...

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