article_snippet.sent: Durst has been absolved of state gun charges in Louisiana.
article_snippet.sent: The ruling on Thursday clears the way for federal proceedings on similar charges in New Orleans, which local lawyers believe Durst can win.
article_snippet.sent: Durst, 72, who faces a murder charge in an unrelated California case, remains jailed without bond in Louisiana.
article_snippet.sent: Next step: Durst Durst has been absolved of state gun charges in Louisiana.
article_snippet.sent: Durst will now face federal charges, which lawyers believe Durst can win, before a murder trial in California .
article_snippet.sent: Authorities said Durst had a gun and marijuana in Durst room.
article_snippet.sent: the decision makes sense to try the state case in federal court because FBI agents arrested Durst, and there shouldn't be two prosecutions, state and federal, at the same time for the same crime,' Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin said in an email. '
article_snippet.sent: Durst had faced state charges of possessing a handgun with drugs and illegal possession of a handgun by a felon.
article_snippet.sent: The charge in the federal indictment says Durst violated the federal gun-control act because The charge in the federal indictment was in possession of a firearm after being convicted of earlier felonies.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jailed millionaire arrested in March for 'gun and marijuana possession'
  On Thursday, Durst threw out the case .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lawyers believe Durst will win federal case with similar charges .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Durst is also charged with murder in California .