Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
McKellip v. Sorrell
522 U.S. 871
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1997-10-06
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “the § 924(a) knowledge requirement applies only to the possession element of § 922(g)(1), not to the interstate nexus or to felon status”
- "We agree with the decisions from other circuits that the § 924(a) knowledge requirement applies [for a person charged with being a felon in possession] only to the possession element of § 922(g)(1), not to the interstate nexus or to felon status."
Citator
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.