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U.S. v. DODD

No. 99-1530.

225 F.3d 340 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Reginald DODD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2000.

As Amended October 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shari E. Lewis, [Argued], Craig D. Margolis, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee.

David L. McColgin, [Argued], Defender Association of Philadelphia, Federal Court Division, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellant.

Before: ALITO and RENDELL, Circuit Judges, and DUHE, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is the difficult question of who must bear the burden of persuasion when a criminal defendant raises a justification defense to the federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1994). We specifically reserved this question in United States v. Paolello, 951 F.2d 537 (3d Cir...

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