United States Tenth Circuit

Evidence of gun found in car driven by defendant but owned by another individual, along with prior incidents of gun possession several years earlier is not sufficient to support a finding of constructive possession of a firearm under 18 USC 922(g)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2000
• Published 12/20/2000

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, KELLY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Beverly Quarles Watts,Watts & Watts, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant., Leslie M. Maye, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Oklahoma (Daniel G. Webber, Jr., United States Attorney, with her on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.