United States v. Edwin Kinsley, United States of America v. Michael Guerra

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• holding defendant’s simultaneous possession of four firearms constituted only one offense under statute prohibiting previously convicted felon from possessing “any firearm”
• finding statute prohibiting possession of firearms by convicted felon ambiguous as to question whether simultaneous possession or more than one firearm constituted one offense
• providing examples of such statutes and the cases construing them, including Bell v. United States, 349 U.S. 81 (1955
• providing examples of such statutes and the cases construing them, including Bell v. United States, 349 U.S. 81 (1955
• reviewing legislative history in considering allowable unit of prosecution under felon-in-possession statute
• reviewing legislative history in considering allowable unit of prosecution under felon-in-possession statute

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