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"Man with weapons cache appealing on Second Amendment"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting on a notable federal gun case from Connecticut.  Here are the basics: A Berlin man convicted in federal court on two dozen weapons charges will pursue an appeal based on a judge?s denial of his second-amendment rights, his attorney said. Alan Zaleski, 47, formerly of 863 Shuttle Meadow Ave., is facing 10 years in federal prison for each count when he is sentenced in June.  He was indicted by a grand jury in 2007 after Berlin police, with the help of other departments, found a huge stash of weapons in August 2006 on his booby-trapped property. Attorney William Koch Jr., representing Zaleski, said he?ll likely mount an appeal based on a federal judge?s decision to not allow him to introduce arguments that his client considered himself part of the state?s ?unorganized militia...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).