Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnny Lester Colston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1991No. 90-1786PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Johnny Lester Colson 1 was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and sentenced to fifteen years incarceration. He appealed his conviction and his sentence.
FACTS
According to the evidence at trial, Johnny Colson and his brother, Kevin Colson, were selling jewelry out of their car at a gas station on October 10, 1988. Lee Ske-nadore, the government’s key witness, and some of his friends purchased some jewelry from the Colsons, and they believed that the jewelry was real gold. The next day, October 11, a jeweler told them…
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