Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Government's Confession of Error

US v. Latu, No. 05-10815 (9th Cir. March 19, 2007)
A conviction for two counts of illegal possession of a firearm is affirmed in part but reversed in part where: 1) 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(5)(A) is constitutional under the Commerce Clause and was properly applied in defendant's case; but 2) a conviction for violating section 922(g)(5)(B) is reversed pursuant to the government's confession of error.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0510815p.pdf

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