Legal Opinion
United States v. Rice
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2008No. 06-3190PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
We have rejected many challenges surrounding the felon-in-possession statute’s interstate commerce requirement, and in this case we reject one more. The statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), requires that the government prove, among other things, that a defendant’s possession of a firearm was “in or affecting commerce.” Complicating matters somewhat, the indictment in this case charged instead that Rice’s possession was “in and affecting commerce.” (We have added the emphasis.) Seizing on this language, Rice maintains that the government needed, and failed, to prove that his…
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