New York Law Firm Announces Dismissal of Felony Gun Charge Based Upon Federal Defense

New York Law Firm Announces Dismissal of Felony Gun Charge Based Upon Federal
Defense

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- New York criminal defense law firm Tilem &
Campbell (www.tilemandcampbell.com) announced today that all charges were
dismissed against a client charged with possessing a loaded firearm in Bronx
County, New York. The firm relied on the largely unknown federal travelers'
defense which grants a defense to state gun charges for those traveling
interstate with their firearms. The client was originally charged with a
class "C" violent felony and was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of three
and a half years in state prison and up to fifteen years in state prison if
convicted; he was needless to say ecstatic with the outcome.
The Federal Travelers' Defense permits a citizen who is not barred from
possessing guns to legally transport one or more guns from one state where he
legally possesses that gun to another state where he may lawfully possess that
gun, without regard to the gun laws in every state he passes through on the
trip. The defense is only available if the gun is unloaded, and if neither
the gun nor ammunition is accessible from the passenger compartment of the
vehicle.
In 2006, New York State amended its gun laws, increasing the penalties for
possessing a loaded firearm outside a person's home or place of business to a
minimum sentence of three and one-half years and a maximum sentence of fifteen
years.
The law firm of Tilem & Campbell, PC
(http://www.tilemandcampbell.com/lawyer-attorney-1282418.html) is based in
White Plains, New York and handles a wide variety of criminal defense and
other litigation cases. Senior Partner, Peter Tilem
(http://www.tilemandcampbell.com/lawyer-attorney-1282538.html) spent more than
10 years as a prosecutor in the New York County District Attorney's Office
where he was a member of the Firearms Trafficking Unit.

SOURCE Tilem & Campbell, PC

Peter H. Tilem of Tilem & Campbell, PC, +1-914-833-9785, or
ptilem@tilemandcampbell.com