Summary: Client was charged with 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), which is a felon in possession of a firearm. The government agents received information from a confidential informant regarding my client possessing a firearm that was located in his vehicle. The firearm was located during the course of a traffic stop. After much discovery and requesting the name of the informant as it related to the client’s defense, the government was unable to provide the name of the informant. Therefore, the case was dismissed. My client was facing a potential federal sentence of (10) years in federal prison.
Disposition: Case dismissed.
