United States v. Elbert Rankin

Elbert Rankin was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1988) and of possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841, 5861(d) and 5871 (1988). He appeals his convictions and sentence, arguing that the District Court 1 erred (1) in refusing to compel the presence of witnesses subpoenaed by the appellant to establish that he was framed or to grant a continuance to secure their presence, (2) in assessing a two-level upward adjustment for obstruction of justice based on his perjury at trial, and (3) in…