⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The Fifth Circuit hears an appeal from a federal gun-possession conviction. After the car Frazier was driving crashed, officers found two firearms on its passenger-side floorboard. He was the only person in the car when officers approached. They also found a spent cartridge case stuck in one firearm and a bullet hole in a window. A jury convicted Frazier of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and he now appeals his conviction and sentence. Section nine twenty-two g one is the federal prohibition on firearm possession by people with a qualifying felony conviction. Possession is different from ownership: a person can possess a gun that belongs to somebody else. Actual possession means knowing physical control; constructive possession means knowingly having the power and intention to control something without physically holding it. Voir dire is the questioning of prospective jurors before trial. Rachel Conner represents Frazier and will challenge the judgment against him.

USA v. Frazier (No. 25-30349) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, argued October 6, 2026.