United States v. Prince, No. 10-3180 (10th Cir. 2011)
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Plaintiff Judah Prince appealed his drug convictions to the Tenth Circuit. His appeal presented two questions of first impression in the Tenth Circuit: (1) does the Constitution bar the government from peremptorily striking prospective jurors because of their views on marijuana legalization?; and (2) whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. 924 (a)(1)(A), which criminalizes making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers, requires a defendant to know that his false statement will be kept in the firearm dealer's written records. Upon review of the applicable legal authority, the Tenth Circuit found no constitutional protection with regard to the peremptory striking of jurors based on their views of marijuana legalization. Furthermore, the Court found that the firearms dealer records-keeping requirement was a pure jurisdictional element, thus there is no mens rea requirement. Accordingly, the Court rejected Plaintiff's arguments on those two points. And after a careful consideration of the record, the Court rejected Plaintiff's challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence presented against him and his sentence. The Court affirmed Plaintiff's conviction and sentence.
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