Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregory Lynn Balanga
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1997No. 96-3075PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Lynn Balanga was convicted in the district court 1 by a jury on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1994). On appeal, Balanga argues that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of being a felon in possession of a firearm, that the district court abused its discretion in using an Eighth Circuit Model Jury Instruction rather than the instruction submitted by Balanga, and that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence. We affirm.
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