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STATE v. WHITAKER

No. 21A10.

700 S.E.2d 215 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina v. Douglas Dwayne WHITAKER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by E. Michael Heavner , Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Law Office of Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., by Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr. and Amanda S. Zimmer , Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.

BRADY, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether the 2004 amendment to N.C.G.S. § 14-415.1, which prohibits convicted felons from possessing any firearm in any location, violates state and federal constitutional protections against ex post facto laws or is an unconstitutional bill of attainder. We hold that the amended statute is not an impermissible ex post facto law or bill of attainder. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals...

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