United States Sixth Circuit

A conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) the district court's admission of the names of defendant's prior felonies was not so manifestly incorrect as to amount to plain error; and 2) it correctly refused to give a justification instruction as no reasonable jury could have found that all of the elements of the defense, or even more than one of them, were met in this case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2008
• Published 11/14/2008

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, DAUGHTREY, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  April Rose Goode, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  James Wright Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.