Is it a crime to possess a weapon within a federal prison?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Vallez, 653 F.2d 403 (9th Cir. 1981):
The statute, 18 U.S.C. 1792, does not make it a crime to possess a weapon within a federal prison. United States v. Kirkland, 637 F.2d 654, 656 (9th Cir. 1980). Possession of a weapon, however, may under certain circumstances support an inference of an earlier conveyance of the weapon to the place of discovery. United States v. Bedwell, 456 F.2d 448, 449 (10th Cir. 1972); United States v. Hedges, 458 F.2d 188, 191 (10th Cir. 1972).
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