Please E-mail suggested additions, comments and/or corrections to Kent@MoreLaw.Com.
Help support the publication of case reports on MoreLaw
Date: 06-27-2022
Case Style:
United States of America v. Wallace Reid Rice
Case Number: 2:21-cr-01737-KG
Judge: Kenneth J. Gonzales
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
on July 25, 2021, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Police responded to a report of domestic violence at Wallace Reid Rice’s residence on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. An investigation revealed that Rice was in possession of a 9mm handgun and ammunition. At the time, Rice had been convicted in federal court of possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and had been convicted in tribal court of domestic violence. As a previously convicted felon and a person previously convicted of domestic violence, Rice cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition.
The Mescalero Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigated this case with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney Matilda McCarthy Villalobos prosecuted the case.
18:922(g)(1) and 924: Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition
(1)
Outcome: SENTENCE IMPOSED: CBOP 46 months, 3 years supervised release with special conditions, 500 hour drug program, SPA 100.00
Plaintiff's Experts:
Defendant's Experts:
Comments: