U.S. v. Myers, No. 07-4417 (4th Cir.) (553 F.3d 328) (January 16, 2009) (Judge William B. Jr. Traxler)
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James Myers, who had previously been convicted of a felony, pled guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The firearm at issue in this case qualified as a “semiautomatic assault weapon,” as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(30), the possession of which (at least for a time) ...
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- U.S. v. Myers, No. 07-4417 (4th Cir.) (553 F.3d 328) (January 16, 2009) (Judge William B. Jr. Traxler)
- U.S. v. Perazza-Mercado, No. 07-1511 (1st Cir.) (553 F.3d 65) (January 21, 2009) (Judge Kermit A. Lipez)
- Puckett v. U.S., No. 07-9712 (U.S. Supreme Court) (556 U.S. 129; 129 S.Ct. 1423) (March 25, 2009) (Justice Scalia)
- Knowles v. Mirzayance, No. 07-1315 (U.S. Supreme Court) (556 U.S. 111; 129 S.Ct. 1411) (March 24, 2009) (Justice Thomas)
- Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. 08-17412 (9th Cir.) (560 F.3d 976) (March 25, 2009) (Judge Jr. William C. Canby)
- U.S. v. Bailey, No. 06-5576 (6th Cir.) (553 F.3d 940) (January 20, 2009) (Judge Karen Nelson Moore)
- U.S. v. Hamilton, No. Crim. No. 05-876 (JLL) (D.N.J.) (579 F.Supp.2d 637) (September 28, 2008) (Judge Jose L. Linares)
- U.S. v. Owen, No. 07-4966-cr (2nd Cir.) (553 F.3d 161) (January 9, 2009) (Judge Jose A. Cabranes)
- U.S. v. Irving, No. 07-1312-cr (2nd Cir.) (554 F.3d 64) (January 28, 2009) (Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse)
- Johnson v. Bredesen, No. 3:08cv0187 (M.D.Tenn.) (579 F.Supp.2d 1044) (September 22, 2008) (Judge Thomas A. Jr. Wiseman)
- U.S. v. Kattaria, No. 06-3903 (8th Cir.) (553 F.3d 1171) (January 30, 2009) (Per Curiam)
- U.S. v. McGee, No. 08-1619-cr (2nd Cir.) (553 F.3d 225) (January 23, 2009) (Per Curiam)
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