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U.S. v. Mason, No. 00-3004 (D.C. Cir.) (233 F.3d 619) (December 15, 2000) (Judge Harry T. Edwards)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists January 15, 2001
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Here the Court held that innocent possession is a valid defense to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 USC ยง 922(g)(1) and that the defendant was entitled to an innocent possession jury instruction.

Here the Court explained that "The real problem in this ...

 

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