Legal Opinion
United States v. Willis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2009No. 08-10018PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In 1998, the government charged Kenneth Lee Willis with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The two counts were premised on Willis’s simultaneous possession of two firearms and were, therefore, multiplicitous in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition against double jeopardy. Willis, however, did not object to the indictment. He was tried and convicted on both counts, and was sentenced to two terms of imprisonment and two terms of supervised' release, all to run concurrently.
Following his convictions, Willis filed an unsuccessful direct…
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