Legal Opinion

United States v. Moses

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 22, 2008No. 07-1123PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Moses challenges his five convictions for possessing destructive devices that were not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. See 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d); see also id. § 5845(a)(8), (f)(1)(B). Specifically, he argues that (1) the indictment underlying his convictions was multiplicitous, and thus violated the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee against double jeopardy; and (2) the government failed to prove at trial that he possessed the destructive devices. We affirm.

I. History

In August 2005, a federal grand jury indicted Moses with…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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