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THOMPSON v. U.S.

No. 11-CM-495.

59 A.3d 961 (2013)

Lamar Wendell THOMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith Dempsey , Student Attorney, with whom Moses Cook , Supervising Attorney, Jacqueline F. Kappler , Student Attorney, and Jared T. Rudolph , Student Attorney, were on the brief, for appellant.

Harry B. Roback , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Chrisellen R. Kolb , and Allen T. O'Rourke , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER and BECKWITH, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Lamar Thompson challenges his conviction for attempted possession of a prohibited weapon (a knife with a metal knuckles handle), claiming that (1) the weapon did not meet the statutory definition of "knuckles," (2) the statute is unconstitutionally vague, and (3) the prohibition infringes upon his Second Amendment rights. Finding no merit in his statutory or constitutional challenges, we affirm appellant's conviction.

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