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UNITED STATES v. MORALES-LOPEZ

No. 22-4074.

92 F.4th 936 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jonathan Alexander MORALES-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED February 9, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Jack , Assistant United States Attorney ( Trina A. Higgins , United States Attorney, and Jennifer P. Williams , Assistant United States Attorney, on the briefs), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scott Keith Wilson , Federal Public Defender ( Jessica Stengel and Bretta Pirie , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CARSON, BALDOCK, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Federal law prohibits certain people from possessing firearms. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The portion of § 922(g) at issue in this appeal is subsection (g)(3), which in relevant part forbids any person "who is an unlawful user of ... any controlled substance" from possessing a firearm. A jury convicted Defendant Jonathan...

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