Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonard D. Singleton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1990No. 89-3484PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Leonard Donald Singleton appeals a conviction by a jury for possession of a firearm by a three-time felon. 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(e), 922(g)(1). Singleton claims principally that the instructions to the jury failed to recognize his theory of justification. Singleton also claims that the government failed to prove that the firearm had passed through interstate commerce. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
At the time of the events in question, Singleton was serving out the remainder of his sentence for a previous conviction at a halfway house. It is…
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