U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 19-10915.

981 F.3d 1171 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deangelo Lenard JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Waugh Corinis , Peter J. Sholl , U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adeel Bashir , Aliza Hochman Bloom , Federal Public Defender's Office, Tampa, FL, Maurice C. Grant, II , Federal Public Defender's Office, Jacksonville, FL, Rosemary Cakmis , Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARTIN, ROSENBAUM, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


In 1996, Congress prohibited anyone convicted of a misdemeanor that involved domestic violence from possessing a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Senator Frank Lautenberg, who sponsored the legislation, noted that at that time, each year, somewhere between 1,500 and several thousand women were killed in domestic...

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