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U.S. v. CRAIGHEAD

No. 07-10135.

539 F.3d 1073 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest CRAIGHEAD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celeste Corlett, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, for plaintiffs-appellee.

Steven D. West, Tucson, AZ, for the defendant-appellant.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and FREDERIC BLOCK, Senior District Judge.

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

The home occupies a special place in the pantheon of constitutional rights. Under the First Amendment, the "State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch." Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557, 565, 89 S.Ct. 1243, 22 L.Ed.2d 542 (1969). The Second Amendment prohibits a federal "ban on handgun possession...

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