Prosecutors’ Guide to the ATF: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (2003)

Abstract

An armed gunman commits a crime in one jurisdiction and flees to another county or state, where he commits a second crime with a firearm. Frequently, the only evidence initially linking these two geographically distant crimes may arise from the findings of an ATF ballistic report. This report will strengthen both cases in state court and may provide the ability, alternatively, to proceed in federal court. In both instances the ATF report provides an essential element to convict the gunman. (palabras claves: ministerio público, delitos con armas, pistola, drogas)