Update 4/10/15: Durst now faces federal charges for possessing a weapon as a felon. A grand jury for the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana indicted the accused murderer Friday afternoon.
Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against Robert Durst for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm http://t.co/Fl4I6n4j4F
— U.S. Attorney EDLA (@EDLAnews) April 10, 2015
The jurors cited in part Title 18, section 922(g) of the U.S. Code, which reads:
It shall be unlawful for any person, who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.