United States First Circuit

Conviction for firearms possession is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress as the officers acted within the permissible scope of an investigatory stop when they handcuffed defendant and removed him from his sister's home; 2) the court did not err in its handling of defendant's status as a felon during trial as defendant was not unfairly prejudiced by any information about his criminal history that came before the jury; 3) the government did not err in the challenged statements it made during its closing summation; and 4) the government did not err in its instructions to the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2009
• Published 07/08/2009

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, STAHL, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Green, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul G. Levenson, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.