U.S. v. NELSON

No. 19-2985.

958 F.3d 667 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas O. NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan H. Koenig , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, Rebecca Taibleson , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee

Edward John Hunt , Attorney, Hunt Law Group, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


In the course of a police check of a suspicious vehicle, Nicholas Nelson was caught with a handgun. Because he previously had been convicted of a felony, it was a crime for him to possess such a weapon. He eventually was charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and he was convicted after a jury trial. He raises two arguments...

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