U.S. v. Langley, No. 93-5219 (4th Cir.) (62 F.3d 602) (August 14, 1995) (Judge Clyde H. Hamilton)
Here the en banc Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is not a strict liability crime and it made clear that a felon's possession of a firearm must be both voluntary and intentional to be punishable under the penalty provisions of the statute.
The defendant was convicted by the …
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