Crampton

FACTS

Gregg Crampton was driving Michelle Ritch and her two or three-year-old1 around as he made a methamphetamine delivery. He realized his probation officer had seen him, so he sped away. They threw methamphetamine and needles out of the window. Crampton slowed and opened the door, and Ritch and her child left the moving car. The trooper chasing Crampton could not catch him, but later that day, the police found the car on a forest service road, with an empty gun case and a box of twenty-four .357 cartridges.

The next day Crampton called Ritch and threatened her. Fearing that he might visit, she called the police. The police got a warrant and arrested him at his house the day after that, and found another sixteen rounds of .357 ammunition in his pants pocket. 1 Ms. Ritch’s accounts varied as to this and a number of other details. All of the amendments in this revised opinion elide the facts that are unclear. None of the changes are material to the substance of the decision. UNITED STATES v. CRAMPTON 2233 Crampton was indicted for two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms, one for the day of the high speed chase and one for the day he was…