Old Chief v. U.S., No. 95-6556 (U.S. Supreme Court) (519 U.S. 172; 117 S.Ct. 644) (January 7, 1997) (Justice Souter)
In this decision, the Supreme Court issued an important ruling which resolved (at least until the Justice Department seeks new legislation to overturn this result) a sharp disagreement among the Circuits about efforts to exclude evidence of prior convictions in certain gun cases. Under 18 U.S.C. ยง 922(g)(1) it is ...
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