United States of America v. Brandon Glen Jackson

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with traveling across state line while indicted for a state-law felony.



Arizona bans short-barreled rifles. Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-3101(A)(8)(a)(iv),

13-3102(A)(3). In December 2020, a Phoenix police officer alleged that Brandon Glen

Jackson "knowingly did manufacture, possess, transport, sell, or transfer” one. J.A. 58.

That alleged conduct led state prosecutors to charge Jackson with a felony called

"misconduct involving weapons.” Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-3102(A)(3), (M). A state-court

judge released Jackson on bail pending trial. Shortly after his release, Jackson lawfully

acquired a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun.



A state grand jury indicted Jackson on the same charge. Impeded by the COVID-

19 pandemic, the case moved slowly.1 In February 2022, while the misconduct-involving-

weapons charge was still pending, Jackson drove from Arizona to the East Coast. He

brought his handgun with him.



Jackson's drive brought him to Hagerstown, Maryland. There, state police arrested

him after he admitted to carrying his gun without a permit. See Md. Code, Crim. Law § 4-

203 (making it a misdemeanor to do so). When the police discovered Jackson's Arizona

charges, they referred his case to Maryland federal prosecutors. In April 2022, a federal

grand jury charged Jackson with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), a statute that (in relevant

part) makes it "unlawful for any person who is under indictment for a [felony] to ship or

transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition.”

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Jackson then conditionally pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to time served.



Affirmed