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Fed Prisoner's Conviction for Possessing Body Armor Affirmed

Carl Patton, a federal prisoner with a violent criminal history, was convicted under federal law of unlawful possession of body armor pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 931. He claimed that the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution didn't authorize Congress to regulate the body armor because he bought it in …

 

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