Legal Opinion
United States v. Francis Ravel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1991No. 89-50247PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted Francis Ravel (“Ravel”) on two of three counts of possessing stolen goods. Ravel now appeals, arguing that the district court erred by denying his motion to dismiss all but one count, by denying his request for the use of expert testimony and rejecting his requested jury instruction on the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”), by failing to answer properly a question posed by the jury during its deliberations, and by denying his motion for a new trial based on allegedly inflammatory comments made by the prosecutor during closing argument. We affirm in part,…
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