U.S. v. WILLIS

No. 95-6695.

106 F.3d 966 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Richard WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Madden, Madden & Soto, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Maria Murphy, Greg Bordenkircher, Asst. U.S. Attys., Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and STAGG, Senior District Judge.


STAGG, Senior District Judge:

In this action we address the issue of whether a defendant who pleaded nolo contendere in a Florida state court to charges of carrying a concealed firearm and grand theft of a firearm, but whose adjudication of guilt was withheld, is "convicted" of a felony within the meaning of a federal firearm statute.1 We disagree with the district court's holding that...

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