U.S. v. Sarraj

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Firearms
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 10-3609
Decision Date: 
January 6, 2012
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
In prosecution on charge of felon in possession of firearm charge, govt. did not violate defendant's constitutional rights by conducting reverse sting operation by which agents selected from its inventory of guns subject firearm that had been manufactured out of state to be part of said sting. Ct. rejected defendant's claim that govt. had improperly "federalized" what could otherwise have been purely local gun-possession offense.