U.S. v. HOWE

No. 12-2321.

736 F.3d 1 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Ryan HOWE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth R. Aframe , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom John P. Kacavas , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

Behzad Mirhashem , with whom Jeffrey S. Levin was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and HILLMAN, District Judge.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

The question raised is whether the district judge correctly dismissed one count of a 2012 federal indictment against Ryan Howe. That in turn hinges on whether Howe, convicted in 1995 of a felony, had his civil right to sit on a jury restored as a matter of New Hampshire state law. The state statutes involved, though, have not yet been construed and are far from clear, and their construction will be determinative in this case. Qualification for...

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