United States v. Ernest Adams

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Adams, a/k/a Ernest Cole, has been convicted on six counts of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a). Because the record convinces us that Adams might have been convicted of a crime with which he was not charged, we reverse.

The indictment charged Ernest Adams with six counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) 1 and 18 U.S.C. § 924(a). 2 It alleged that on six separate occasions Adams purchased handguns using a Mississippi driver’s license in the name of Ernest Cole. Each count read as follows:

That on or about [date] ... ERNEST ADAMS, in connection with his…