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· 3/23/2015

Burchell v. United States

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 1575
  • 191 L. Ed. 2d 657
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 3743
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 2117

How courts have described this case

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  • noting the dicta in the Castillo decision, but nonetheless finding that the jury should have been instructed on the \lesser offense\ of unlawful possession under 2253(a)
  • conviction for unlawful possession of firearm during commission of a crime of violence upheld even though defendant was acquitted on accompanying assault charges, where evidence supported finding of guilt on an uncharged offense
  • Referring to offense as \simple possession of an unlicensed firearm\

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