United States Second Circuit

Conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is affirmed over claim that the district court confused the jury as to the government's burden of proof when it defined the jury's deliberative task by reference to finding the "truth."

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2008
• Published 01/04/2008

Judges

• REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:, Before:  POOLER and RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and McMAHON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan B. New, Assistant United States Attorney (Harry Sandick, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee., David A. Lewis, Federal Defenders of New York, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.