United States v. Fahmi A. Khatib

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Fahmi A. Khatib appeals from conviction on three counts of unlawfully acquiring and possessing food stamps in violation of 7 U.S.C- § 2024(b), one count of conspiring to unlawfully receive and possess firearms in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861, and two counts of receiving and possessing a firearm that was not registered with the National Registration and Transfer Record, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). For the reasons below, we affirm.

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The facts of this case are essentially undisputed. The events giving rise to these criminal charges were observed by, and in some…