Legal Opinion
United States v. Ricky Wayne Meads
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2007No. 06-3111PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Ricky Wayne Meads was charged with possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). A jury found Meads guilty, and the district court 1 sentenced Meads to 252 months of imprisonment. On appeal, Meads challenges the district court’s denial of his request to submit a “mere presence” instruction to the jury. We affirm.
I. Background
Meads was tried before a jury in May 2006. The government called multiple witnesses who testified to Meads’s possession and use of a firearm.
Jamie Garza, Meads’s brother-in-law, testified that on November 21, 2005, he,…
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