United States v. Watson

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

A pistol assault on a teenager in the Cathedral Housing Project of the South End of Boston led ultimately to the conviction of Trevor Watson for the federal offense of possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Watson was identified by the victim within twenty minutes of the attack in a show-up in the project conducted by the alert Boston police officers on the scene. Watson was sentenced to 64 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.

Watson appeals, saying the district court erred in denying…