Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2016No. 15-1792PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal in a criminal case presents an unusual combination of offenses: health care fraud and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. Defendant Bruce Jones was both a family counselor and a firearms enthusiast who collected dozens of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Jones had a prior felony conviction, so it was a federal crime for him to possess firearms and ammunition. The FBI discovered these weapons while investigating Jones for allegedly fraudulent health care billing. A federal grand jury charged Jones with three counts of possessing…
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