United States v. Brown

OPINION

In this appeal, Robert Lewis Brown challenges his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1994) on the ground that the district court erroneously denied his request for a jury instruction on the defense of justification. We affirm.

I

In May 1999, Janiece Miller and her son, Willie Forrest, lived with Gloria Miller, Janiece’s mother, in a Baltimore apartment. Gloria did not approve of her daughter’s boyfriend, Leonard Swanigan; in fact, because Swanigan assertedly had abused Janiece and Willie, Gloria forbade her daughter from…