The Fifth Circuit just agreed to rehear a major felon-in-possession case en banc.
Peter Villa Cordova was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) after prior convictions for drug possession and evading arrest in a vehicle.
A three-judge panel upheld the gun conviction earlier this year.
Now the full Fifth Circuit has vacated that panel ruling and agreed to reconsider the case.
The here question is a big one:
How far can the government go in permanently disarming defendants whose prior felonies were not inherently violent?
The answer could reshape as-applied Second Amendment challenges across the circuit.
-The Criminal Defense Brief