Criminal Law: Felon In Possession of a Firearm-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Interstate Commerce

Where a defendant challenged his convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for being a felon in possession of ammunition, the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions, and the district court properly allowed the jury to decide whether the firearm had traveled in interstate commerce and the evidence supported the determination that it had, but the two counts were multiplicitous, so the judgment is remanded with directions to vacate one of the convictions.

Judgment is remanded to vacate one conviction; affirmed.

U.S. v. Haynes (MLW No. 79574/Case No. 22-1284 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Wright, J. (Jennifer Marie Macaulay, St. Paul, MN argued for appellant) (David Genrich, Minneapolis, MN argued for appellee. The judge who heard the case in the district court was Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright).