State v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · District of Columbia v. Heller · Kansas v. Hendricks · Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · Smith v. Doe
Most-quoted passages
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“In 1971, the General Assembly enacted the Felony Firearms Act, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-415.1, which made unlawful the possession of a firearm by any person previously convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than two years. [Section] 14-415.2 set forth an exemption for felons whose civil rights had been restored. In 1975, the General Assembly repealed [section] 14-415.2 and amended [ section] 14-415.1 to ban the possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain crimes for five years after the date of such conviction, or unconditional discharge from a correctional institution, or termination of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole upon such convictions, whichever is later....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“in 2004 the General Assembly amended [ section] 14-415.1 to extend the prohibition on possession to all firearms by any person convicted of any felony, even within the convicted felon's own home and place of business.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“not an impermissible ex post facto law or bill of attainder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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