Unted States v. Bloch, No. 12-2784 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseElkhart police responded to a report of gunfire at an apartment and were greeted at the door by an obviously intoxicated Bloch. The officers told Bloch to step outside while they checked to see if anyone was injured. The apartment belonged to Bloch’s girlfriend, who was also told to wait outside. There were no gunshot victims, but the officers located a loaded Glock handgun and an assault rifle in plain view. As the officers removed the firearms, Bloch protested that the guns were his and demanded their return. Bloch is a felon and also has a conviction for a domestic-violence misdemeanor, making his firearm possession a federal crime, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), (g)(9). While in jail awaiting trial, he told a fellow inmate that the police found his Glock and SKS rifle at his girlfriend’s apartment and that he should have hidden them better. The district court imposed consecutive sentences of 120 months and 18 months. The Seventh Circuit remanded for resentencing. The evidence was sufficient to prove possession, but a single incident of firearm possession can yield only one conviction under section 922(g), no matter how many disqualified classes the defendant belongs to or how many firearms he possessed.
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