Andrew Burrell v. United States

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• noting that Connecticut law places “evidentiary limits . . . on attempts to use Alford and nolo contendere pleas as admissions of factual guilt in subsequent proceedings”
• admitting a conviction obtained via an Alford plea as evidence of a prior felony conviction under the federal felon-in-possession statute
• admitting a conviction obtained via an Alford plea as evidence of a prior felony conviction under the federal felon-in-possession statute
• “Applying the arbitrary and capricious standard, this court must 23 determine whether the agency articulated a rational connection between the facts and the 24 choice made.”
• explaining \the determinate factor [in a felon in possession prosecution] is [the] defendant's criminal record at the time of the charged possession\ without regard to whether it is later set aside
• petitioner not entitled to relief where predicate felony conviction was not set aside until after felon-in-possession conviction

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