Prior conviction doesn’t fall under exception

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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s argument that his felon-in-possession indictment was insufficient because his previous conviction of stealing cable doesn’t meet the definition of a “crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” under 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(20)(A). This is the first time the 7th Circuit had addressed this issue.