8.52 Firearms-Fugitive From Justice Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(15)) is a federal law that prohibits any person who has fled from any State or Territory of the United States to avoid prosecution for a felony or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing any firearm or ammunition. This law applies to any person who has been convicted of a felony or of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, or who is a fugitive from justice, or who is an unlawful user of any controlled substance. It also applies to any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to any mental institution. There are two different types of 8.52 Firearms-Fugitive From Justice Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(15)): (1) persons who have fled from a state or territory to avoid prosecution for a felony or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding, and (2) persons who have been convicted of a felony or of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, or who is an unlawful user of any controlled substance, or who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to any mental institution.
8.52 Firearms-Fugitive From Justice Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(15)) is a federal law that prohibits any person who has fled from any State or Territory of the United States to avoid prosecution for a felony or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing any firearm or ammunition. This law applies to any person who has been convicted of a felony or of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, or who is a fugitive from justice, or who is an unlawful user of any controlled substance. It also applies to any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to any mental institution. There are two different types of 8.52 Firearms-Fugitive From Justice Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(15)): (1) persons who have fled from a state or territory to avoid prosecution for a felony or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding, and (2) persons who have been convicted of a felony or of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, or who is an unlawful user of any controlled substance, or who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to any mental institution.