Opinion ID: 63257
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Lack of Nexus Between Interstate Commerce

Text: Vickers's other challenge to his conviction is that the Government failed to sustain its burden that the gun found on Vickers affect[ed] interstate commerce an essential element of the statute Vickers was charged with violating. This court has held that evidence similar to what was presented in this case is sufficient to establish the interstate commerce element of Section 922(g)(1). United States v. Dancy, 861 F.2d 77, 81 (5th Cir.1988). To the extent Vickers challenges the constitutionality of this section, this argument has been foreclosed in this Circuit. Vickers has preserved the issue should that later be relevant. See United States v. Daugherty, 264 F.3d 513, 518 (5th Cir.2001).