United States v. Cardoza
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
129 F.3d 6 (1997)
- Written by Heather Whittemore, JD
Facts
In July 1995, Myron Ragsdale asked Frederick Cardoza (defendant), a convicted felon, to help him purchase a gun. Cardoza and Ragsdale made the gun purchase, purchasing a gun and nine bullets. Ragsdale loaded eight bullets into the gun, and Cardoza took the ninth bullet. Cardoza and Ragsdale were approached by police, who saw the bullet in Cardoza’s hand. Cardoza was charged with and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibited a person who had previously been convicted of a felony from possessing any firearm or ammunition. The statute defined ammunition as ammunition or cartridges, primers, bullets, or gunpowder. Cardoza appealed his conviction, arguing that the single bullet did not qualify as ammunition under § 922(g)(1) because the statute used the plural form of bullets.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Bownes, J.)
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