U.S. v. Tucker

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Firearms
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 13-1403
Decision Date: 
December 11, 2013
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant’s unlawful possession of firearm conviction under 18 USC section 922(g)(1), where firearm was seized under bed in home that defendant had shared with others. While defendant argued that record failed to contain sufficient evidence that he constructively possessed said firearm, defendant’s statement to officer that he was holding said firearm on behalf of third-party was sufficient to establish defendant’s possession of firearm. Fact that said statement was not recorded or memorialized in signed statement did not require different result.