Herrick
United States v. Herrick
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Jason Herrick appeals his convictions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 921 (g)(1) and (j) for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
We have consistently upheld convictions under § 922(g) as valid under the Commerce Clause if the firearm crossed a state line at some time in its history. See, e.g., United States v. Gonzales, 307 F.3d 906, 914 (9th Cir.2002); United States v. Rousseau, 257 F.3d 925 (9th Cir.2001); United States v. Davis, 242 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir.2001) (per curiam). The gun in question crossed numerous state lines each time Herrick’s family moved from one state to another, most recently in 1999 when they moved to Montana.
Herrick argues that our recent cases narrow the Commerce Clause’s reach — see United States v. McCoy, 323 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir.2003); United States v. Stewart, 348 F.3d 1132 (9th Cir.2003), petition for cert. filed, 73 U.S.L.W. 3298 (Nov. 05, 2004) (No. 04-617); Raich v. Ashcroft, 352 F.3d 1222 (9th Cir.2003), cert. granted,U.S. -, 124 S.Ct. 2909 , 159 L.Ed.2d 811 (2004) — and therefore render §§ 922(g)(1) and (j) unconstitutional as applied to Herrick.…