Legal Opinion
United States v. Whitney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 28, 2008No. 07-1934PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BESOSA, District Judge.
Appellant Wayne R. Whitney was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) by making a false statement to a firearms dealer during an attempt to purchase a firearm. On appeal, Whitney argues that the trial judge erred in defining the term “knowingly,” by refusing to give an explicit willful blindness instruction. Whitney also challenges the trial judge’s decision to admit evidence that he was arrested for violating a protective order entered against him three weeks before denying the existence of such an order on a federal firearms form. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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