Walk It Through: After The Sentence
Prison for a felony, the vote taken and given back, probation that never took it, and a rifle in the closet.
A person is sentenced to a term of incarceration for a felony.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One felony sentence and its aftermath. The separate juror section, setting a conviction aside, how relief from the firearm disability is obtained and federal firearm law are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Felon in possession of a firearmA person convicted of a felony under the law of Oregon, any other state or the United States owning, possessing or controlling any firearm. A Class C felony.
- Felon in possession of a restricted weaponA person convicted of a felony owning, possessing or controlling a knife whose blade projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, a blackjack, slungshot, sandbag or metal knuckles, or carrying a dirk, dagger or stiletto. A Class A misdemeanor.
- Relief from the disabilityA grant that lifts the firearm bar a felony conviction places on a person. A person granted relief from the disability, or whose record was expunged, is outside the felon in possession rule.
- SwitchbladeA knife whose blade projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force. Carrying one concealed upon the person is a Class B misdemeanor.