what is the statue of limitations for a felony in posesion of a firearm?

Question

a uncle was caught with the weapons and he had a felony like 20yrs prior he was on way to work cops charged in his house while he was at work then came to work and brought him in.. he had 3 weapons.. he sat there for half the day then was released.. he was asking me to look up on enternet to see exactly what the statue of limitations were.. or if anyone knows.. what would he be looking forward to in his trial...... by the way its his third strike and he is 68yrs old.

Answer 1

As a felon in possession of a firearm, under federal criminal law, 18 USC 922(g) it is unlawful for any person who has been convicted in any court of [a felony] to possess a firearm that has moved in interstate commerce. There is no limit to how many years it goes back in determining the prior felony conviction.

Answer 2

I take it that the prior felony, and the weapons violation are two separate cases. Therefore the statute of limitations is not involved here.

Answer 3

you are looking for the wrong thing, statue of limitation is the time from when he does the illegal act ( possession of guns) to the time he is charged.

For example, lets say as a convicted felon, he owned guns 4 years ago but got rid of them 4 years ago, but today they arrested him for owning the guns 4 years ago.

that could be over the statue of limitation for that crime.

Statue law would tell if there is a time frame. but in most states a convicted felon NEVER is allowed to own a gun unless he has his felony explunged. some states may have time frames, but most that I know of do not

Answer 4

There is no statute of limitation for a felon that possesses a fire-arm. They are already banned by law from owning and keeping a fire-arm, so by mere fact they have one regardless as to the length of time between "having it" and getting charged for it... they are so busted.

Edit: People need to read the law before thumbing down an opinion. Felons are forbidden by law from owning a gun. Period. When you are a felon, and you decide to keep a gun in your possession you ar then deciding to break the law... again. And if it's a third strike, well I feel really bad about that but the law is the law. Until it's changed it has to be equally enforced.

Answer 5

You understand how illogical that is? How can you go back & charge someone for possessing a firearm unlawfully in the past? It's a crime that is charged when you find someone actively in possession of a weapon. And by the way, possessing a weapon is not a crime. Maybe your state has some funny laws about a particular weapon or licenses & such, but mostly you'd be talking about unlawful carry or possession of a concealed firearm, or by a convicted felon.

Answer 6

I am a felon and you can't use one and own one.You can have them in the same house hold but they need to be under look and key

Answer 7

thats a misdemeanor unless the fire arm is on the federal weapons ban list.

Its also only a felony if you were commiting a violent crime

possesion is almost always dropped down

Court Probabtion 3years 100$ fine in Cali

Answer 8

It seems to me that to be in possesion of a firearm, you would have to be caught in possesion of a firearm. You could not be arrested for HAVING BEEN in possesion of a firearm a month ago or whatever time.

Also, it's called the STATUTE of limitations.

Answer 9

better check with your state laws , all states are different.but guns makes it federal.say goodbye to your uncle.

Answer 10

17 yrs